And now there is some chance of my getting something
to do. We had a letter to-night from Christie & Howden,
the writers to the Signet, saying that they desire an
interview with me, in view of a possible appointment. We
can't imagine what it means, but I am full of hopes. I
go to-morrow morning to see them, and I shall let you
know the result.
Good-bye, my dear Bertie! Your life flows in a
steady stream, and mine in a broken torrent. Yet I would
have every detail of what happens to you.
IV.
HOME, 1st December, 1881.
I may be doing you an injustice, Bertie, but it
seemed to me in your last that there were indications
that the free expression of my religious views had been
distasteful to you. That you should disagree with me I
am prepared for; but that you should object to free and
honest discussion of those subjects which above all
others men should be honest over, would, I confess, be a
disappointment. The Freethinker is placed at this
disadvantage in ordinary society, that whereas it would
be considered very bad taste upon his part to obtrude his
unorthodox opinion, no such consideration hampers those
with whom he disagrees. There was a time when it took a
brave man to be a Christian. Now it takes a brave man
not to be. But if we are to wear a gag, and hide our
thoughts when writing in confidence to our most
intimate----no, but I won't believe it.
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