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engaged in other things, because I do not care what un- 

 reflecting people think they think, and because I have 

 found that the great bulk of reflecting men of all sects 

 keep their Trinitarianism caged in a creed, and are, in 

 every practical application of religion except pelting 

 Unitarians, as truly Unitarian as Mr. Martineau himself. 

 Were I to continue in this College, under even the 

 ghost of a gag, I should soon be heard (without the walls) 

 on a subject to which I have paid long and close attention. 1 

 I should soon bring the question to issue whether the 

 installed Professor is or is not a subject for such discus- 

 sion as has arisen about the candidate for admission. 



I hope it will be clear that my absence is as desirable 

 as that of Mr. Martineau. But, for reasons given, I 

 deprecate the supposition of having sacrificed to principle. 

 I have only ceased to sacrifice because the temple has been 

 desecrated. My determination would not be altered by a 

 return to the old principle on the part of the Council. 

 I shall, therefore, not be suspected of any personal motive 

 when I urge the Council to reconsider their suicidal vote, 

 and to re-nail the old flag to the mast. 



One point has perhaps been almost overlooked. A 

 teacher of psychology, if he do his duty, expounds all 

 systems of sufficient note, and puts forward the grounds 

 of each. Every one must have his own system, and if 

 one may therefore be suspected of bias, so must another. 

 Mr. Martineau has special reputation as an eclectic teacher. 

 He is noted for ability to prepare students for examina- 

 tions in which the examiners have no bias towards his 

 views. I have heard it remarked, before this discussion, 

 that he crams his pupils with different systems. Such a 

 man does not cram. It means that those of his students 



which receives the New Testament records as literally true. I should 

 not be justified in referring to this mistaken impression if Mr. 

 Martineau's late writings, and his preference of the name of Theist, 

 were not well known. 



1 These words, which may seem obscure, must be understood to 

 refer to his Unitarian belief. S. E. DE M. 



