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question whether (or how far) parents should teach 

 dogmas as facts, or matters of faith as matters of 

 knowledge. Happily, however, ethics are to morals 

 very much what shadow is to sunshine ; and in seek- 

 ing to follow the right or the good, instinct is often a 

 better guide than syllogism. 



And now, in conclusion, let me endeavour — inade- 

 quately as it must be — to express my deep sense of 

 gratitude to you for having so earnestly taken my 

 troubles into your consideration. I assure you that 

 your letter has touched me truly, and that on its 

 account I am more than ever happy to subscribe my- 

 self 



Your affectionate friend, 



Geo. J. EoMANEs. 

 Journal says : — 



April 12, 1885. — ^Went with the Church family to 

 St. Paul's and heard a fine sermon from Dr. Liddon. 

 He spoke very touchingly of Lady Selborne's death, 

 and also alluded to Max Mliller's new book. 



Have been to Pfleiderer's Hibbert Lectures.^ We 

 met Pfleiderer the other day, and he described a 

 Sunday in which he had tried to study English 

 religious life. Spurgeon, Parker, and, I think, Stop- 

 ford Brooke or Haweis, I forget which, he took as 

 samples ! Pfleiderer also went to St. Paul's on the 

 day the Bishop of Lincoln ^ was consecrated, and as 

 he got within earshot he heard Dr. Liddon's silvery 

 voice pronouncing his own name not with approval. 



Geanies, August. — Mr. Cotter Morison is here, and 



' Mr. Eomanes remarked a propos of Pfleiderer's lecture that St. Paul 

 seemed to be a very hard nut for the lecturer to crack. ' Dr. King. 



