ROMANES AND DR. FLINT'S " THEISM."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Your notice in the Spectator of September• 20th of the new edition of Professor Flint's well-known book brought up a point on which Dr. Flint dwells in his preface. I had fallen into a misconception of what really took place in the mental history of G. J. Romanes with respect to this book, and had been supposing that lie took it as the last word to be said for the Theistic position before he went for twenty years into a scepticism more or less complete. Immediately after the publication of my book it was pointed out to me by my lamented friend Professor Johnston of Cheshunt, a fellow-pupil of Dr•. Flint at Edinburgh, that I was in error, and I have been watching for some opportunity of with- drawing the statement I made. I shall be obliged if you will allow me to take your notice of last Saturday as my opportunity for this, and to express regret that I made the
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