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feeling of preparation for some change. He made all 

 his arrangements and was quite calm, quite gentle, 

 even merry at times ; now and then the weary fits of 

 physical lassitude or of headache would prostrate 

 him, but when these were past he would placidly 

 begin some bit of work. 



On Thursday in Whit week he went to the eight 

 o'clock Celebration of Holy Communion in the Latin 

 Chapel of Christ Church, and in the course of that 

 day he said, ' I have now come to see that faith is 

 intellectually justifiable.' By-and-by he added, 'It 

 is Christianity or nothing.' 



Presently he added, ' I as yet have not that real 

 inward assurance ; it is with me as that text says, " I 

 am not able to look up," but I feel the service of this 

 morning is a means of grace.' 



This was almost the last time he ever spoke on 

 religious subjects. 



With Mr. Philip Waggett there had been in these 

 last days some talks, and the two friends, united as 

 they had been in earlier years by their common 

 interest in science, and in those problems which 

 all who think at all must sooner or later face, 

 now found themselves in closer and fuller agree- 

 ment than either could at one time have believed 

 possible. 



Sunday, the twentieth of May, was his birthday and 

 that of his eldest son, and had always been a family 

 f esta. He was bright and merry, went to Magdalen to 

 see Mrs. Warren, saw for the last time Dr. Paget, and 

 had a little talk about his ' Thoughts on Eeligion ' 

 with Mr. Gore, whom he went to hear preach in one of 

 the Oxford churches. And on Monday he keenly en- 

 joyed a small luncheon party, consisting of the Master 

 of Balliol, Mr. Grore, and Miss Wordsworth, saying that 

 Poetry, Science, Theology, Philosophy were all repre- 

 sented, and that he would have such-like little parties 



