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St. Aldate's : July 1, 1890. 



I have just come back from dinner. My next 

 neighbour to-night was Liddon, and we had a long 

 talk on the ethics of suicide regarded from the pre- 

 Christian or purely ' secular ' point of view. 



I also improved the occasion in the interests of 



. It was clearly a new light to Liddon that 



should be so highly thought of by a man of 



science, and he appeared to have determined there 

 and then to exert himself in getting a more suitable 

 berth for ' a man now so greatly needed in the Church.' 



Oxford. 



Two bits of news. Dunstan ^ has a son and 

 Liddon is seriously ill. Dr. John Ogle came yester- 

 day afternoon from town to see him, and dined with 

 us. There is great pain in the neck. 



I lunched with the Sandersons, or rather with Mrs. 

 Sanderson, as the Professor did not leave his room, 

 but he is getting on very well. 



Last night after dinner I looked in at the Poul- 

 tons, and found them entertaining two Natural 

 Science young ladies from Somerville Hall. A very 

 agreeable party. Huxley is expected here this week. 

 His article on ' Lux Mundi ' is very characteristic.^ 



It would be very enjoyable to go with you to Ober 

 Ammergau, but I am sure I ought not. First, I should 

 not enjoy it half so much as you ; second, it 

 would double the expense ; third, it would run away 

 with all the time I want to give to the book. So in 



1 Professor W. Dunstan, P.E.S. 



* 'Lights of the Church and of Science.' 



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