82 THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 
mentions Sir William Dawson’s honored name (with his 
approval) in connection with others of inferior scientific 
standing, it is doubtful if he ever read any of his works. If 
he has he deliberately suppresses every fact put forward that 
was calculated to disprove his sensational sermons. We may 
well ask whether such things are likely to advance the inter- 
ests of religion, even though we may be denounced as ‘“‘infidel”’ 
and ‘‘scoffer’’ as was Charles Dickens when he embalmed for 
posterity the Rev. Mr. Stiggens. 
