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follows to a friend : "If there were no other 

 objections to the Penny Magazine assuming 

 a distinctly Christian tone than mere difficul- 

 ties of execution, would most readily offer 

 my best services, such as they are, to the 

 Society, and would endeavour to furnish them 

 with such articles as I desire to see printed by 

 them." 



The most practical attempt, however, at a 

 realisation of these views was Dr. Arnold's 

 endeavour to set up a weekly newspaper 

 called The Englishman s Register, which 

 he undertook in 1831, more to relieve his own 

 conscience than with the sanguine hope of 

 doing any good. He was the proprietor, 

 though not the sole editor, and contributed 

 the chief articles in it, signed "A.," and con- 

 sisting chiefly of comments on the political 

 events of the day, mixed with explanations of 

 Scripture as it bore upon them. It died a 

 natural death in a few weeks, partly from his 

 want of leisure and from the great expenses 

 entailed upon him, and partly from want of 

 sympathy with his writings in any of the 

 existing political parties. Finding, however, 

 that some of his articles had been copied 



