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terrified surprise. It has been newly brought home 

 to us by the generahsations of Darwin, and there- 

 fore, as I said at the beginning, the rehgious thought 

 of our generation has been more than ever staggered 

 by the question — Where is now thy God ? But I 

 have endeavoured to show that the logical standing 

 of the case has not been materially changed; and when 

 this cry of reason pierces the heart of Faith it re- 

 mains for Faith to answer now, as she always answered 

 before — and answered with that trust which is at 

 once her beauty and her life — Verily thou art a God 

 that hidest Thyself.' 



June 1892 brought the first warnings of serious 

 illness. One day Mr. Komanes announced at lunch 

 that he noticed a blind spot in one eye. He con- 

 sulted his friend Mr. Doyne, the well-known oculist, 

 who from the first thought seriously of the case. 



He went up to town, and saw various doctors, 

 and had some thoughts of taking a voyage. He 

 was, however, well enough to attend the Conversa- 

 zione at the Eoyal Society, and showed some ex- 

 periments on rabbits and rats which bore on questions 

 of acquired characters. He writes : 



To Mrs. Bomanes. 



I have been thinking of you a great deal, and, 

 v?ith a somewhat literal application of a certain ex- 

 pletive addressed by a fast man to his eyes, am 

 •driven to address you through my goggles. 



Nettleship has appointed to-morrow morning to 

 see me, so I shall not be able to get home sooner 

 than 6 train. Don't trouble to meet me, as I must 



