216 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. vn. 



self, dear old Sedgwick, and a few others who 

 have not been led astray from the simple pursuit 

 of Truth for her own sake, unbiassed by personal 

 vanity and love of notoriety on the one hand, and 

 the opposition of self-seekers on the other. May 

 you and I yet be spared to see the downfall of 

 scientific quackery, and the triumph of simple 

 philosophical truth. 



' Ever, my dear Owen, 



' Your affectionate old friend, 



' Thomas Bell.' 



