“July 10th, 1879.
“Dear Miss Cobbe,
“I have sent your letter to Judas of X——. I find no fault in it, but that of too much courtesy to one so lost to every consideration of feeling and truth.
“Did you know him, as I know him, you would find it difficult to restrain your pen and your tongue.”...
“Some good will come out of the discussion.
“I have unmistakable evidence that many were deeply impressed, but adhesion to political leaders is a higher law with most Politicians than obedience to the law of truth.
“What do you think now of the Doctrine of ‘Apostolic Succession’?
“Would St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. John have made such a speech as that of my Lord of P——?
“Yours truly,