, thewarmthofwhosephilanthropyisbeyondquestion, andinwhosecompetencyandfairnessI, forone, placeimplicitreliance, flatlydeniestheboastedsuccessoftheSalvationArmyinitsprofessedmission, Ihavearrivedattheconclusionthat, asatpresentadvised, Icannotbetheinstrumentofcarryingoutmyfriend'sproposal.
', inmyopinion, ; , harlotryandintemperancearesoreevils, andstarvationishardtobear, oreventoknowof; buttheprostitutionofthemind, thesoddeningoftheconscience, ; toseeitspoliticalandindustrialaffairsatthemercyofadespotwhosechiefthoughtistomakethatfanaticismprevail; towatchthedegradationofmen, whoshouldfeelthemselvesindividuallyresponsiblefortheirownandtheircountry'sfates, tomerebruteinstruments, readytothehandofamasterforanyusetowhichhemayputthem.
Butthatistheendtowhich, inmyopinion, allsuchorganizationsasthattowhichkindlypeople, whodonotlooktotheconsequencesoftheiracts, arenowgivingtheirthousands, , anotherthousandshallnotbeaddedbymyinstrumentality.
Iam, Sir, yourobedientservant,
.
NOTE.
Anauthoritativecontemporaryhistorian, MatthewParis, writesthusoftheMinorite, orFranciscan, FriarsinEnglandin1235, justnineyearsafterthedeathofFrancisofAssisi:—
