I should however not do
justice to my own appreciation if I did not remark that there are
other points considered which have long been matters of interest to
me.
On several matters, some of them important, my present conclusions do
not absolutely agree with your Lordship's. But I am not the less
grateful for the amount of erudition and thought carefully directed to
definite points, and above all for the noble example of unwearied
research and freedom in stating its consequences, in reference to
subjects which scarcely ever occupy the attention of the clergy in our
country.
I am, My Lord,
Yours very faithfully,
G.B. AIRY.
_The Lord Bishop of Natal_.
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Here also is a letter on the same subject, written to Professor
Selwyn, Professor of Divinity at Cambridge:--
ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH,
LONDON, S.E.,
_1866, May 5_.
MY DEAR SIR,
The MS. concerning Colenso duly arrived.
I note your remarks on the merits of Colenso. I do not write to tell
you that I differ from you, but to tell you why I differ.
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