“Our testimony, thank God, is cumulative for good. We may hope, and we must pray, for better things.
“I send you Gladstone’s letter. Pray return it to me, and take care that it does not appear in print.[[28]]
“I am glad that you liked the ‘Dinner.’ It was, I think, a success in showing civility to foreign friends.
“Yours truly,
“Shaftesbury.”
Lord Shaftesbury made the following remarks about the Future State of Animals, in a very sympathizing reply to a letter I had written to him in which I mentioned to him that my dog had died:—
“September 29th, 1883.
“I have ever believed in a happy future for animals; I cannot say or conjecture how or where; but sure I am that the love, so manifested, by dogs especially, is an emanation from the Divine essence, and, as such, it can, or rather it will never be extinguished.”[[29]]
“24, Grosvenor Square, W.,
“May 14th, 1885.