CORRESPONDENCE, 1856-66. 327 



To the Rev. Wm. Heald. 



September 27, 1864. 



MY DEAR HEALD, I suppose you and family are pretty well, 1864. 

 as you say so little about it. 



In re Colenso, you can easily demolish him by assuming the 

 points. He has never told us what residue of the Xtian 

 religion he still believes ; why, whether the historical truth of 

 the 0. T. is any part of the N. T. is just the point. If I remem- 

 ber right, he at one time could not use the ordination service ; but 

 he can now, I believe, after Lushington's decision in Williams' s 



The case about C. D. and A. B. stands thus. All the reviews, 

 &c., declare that A. B. is self, and C. D. wife. Neither of us 

 has contradicted it, which leads me to suspect that we cannot. 

 The style of A. B. is, I am assured by good judges, unmistak- 

 ably my own, and I certainly do see a strong likeness. All these 

 things put together cannot be got over. Were I you I should 

 assume the report to be true. I have not heard anything about 

 a second edition. 



Yours sincerely, 



A. DE MORGAN. 



To J. S. Mill, Esq. 



91 Adelaide Road, October 10, 1864. 



MY DEAR SIR, Ten years ago I asked you whether certain 

 abridged dialogues of Plato were yours, to which you answered 

 in the affirmative. Have they been reprinted ? I very much 

 wish they were, if they are not. The presentation of Plato is 

 now frequent ; but there is nothing I know of in which a picture 

 of Plato is given, and remarks kept distinct. 



I am reminded of this by a translation of the Gorgias which 

 has just appeared, by Mr. Cope, Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge. A good translation, I dare say; but, to tell the truth, 

 I and many others like to have the pith of Plato extracted, and 

 find both Greek and full translations rather wearisome. Nostra 

 culpa, no doubt, but you must have thought such sinners not 

 quite below a missionary, or you would not have published your 

 abridgments. I suppose it is not given to man to relish both 

 Aristotle and Plato. 



