E. GLADSTONE.
Very few of the Dean's own letters have been preserved, but the
following will show him as a correspondent:--
DEAN RAMSAY to Dr. ALEXANDER.
23 Ainslie Place, Feb. 3, 1865
Dear Dr. Lindsay Alexander--I am not aware of having an
undue predominance of modesty in my nature, but really I have
been surprised, I may truly say much amazed, at the
dedication of the volume which I received this evening. Need
I add that, on more calmly considering the matter, I am
deeply gratified. From Dr. Lindsay Alexander such a
compliment can be no ordinary gratification. "Laudari a
laudatis" has always been a distinction coveted by those who
value the opinion of the wise and good.
I thank you most cordially for the delicacy with which you
refer to the "most stedfast adherence to conviction" of one
who has long been convinced that no differences in matter of
polity or forms of worship ought to violate that "unity of
spirit," or sever that "bond of peace," in which we should
ever seek to join all those whom we believe sincerely to hold
the truth as it is in Jesus.--I am always, with sincere
regard, yours truly and obliged,
E.B. RAMSAY.
DEAN RAMSAY to Mrs. CLERK, Kingston Deverell.
23 Ainslie Place,
Edinburgh, March 14, 1865.
Dearest Stuart--I take great blame and sorrow to myself for
having left your kind letter to me on my birthday so long
unanswered.
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