h their nostrils the horrible fumes that arise from their
_vices_ and uncleansed _heart_," etc. p.78. This introduces St.
Sturme and the gambolling Germans; what does it mean but that "the
intolerable scent" was nothing physical, or strictly miraculous, but
the horror, parallel to physical distress, with which the saint was
affected, from his knowledge of the state of their souls? My
assailant is a lucky man, if mental pain has never come upon him with
a substance and a volume, as forcible as if it were bodily.

And so in like manner, the author of the Life says, as this writer
actually has quoted him, "a story _was told and believed_," p. 94.
"One evening, _says her history_," p. 87. "Another incident _is thus
related_," p. 88. "Immediately, _says_ Wuelfhard," p. 91. "A vast
number of other cases are _recorded_," p. 92. And there is a distinct
intimation that they may be myths, in a passage which this assailant
himself quotes, "All these have the _character_ of a gentle mother
correcting the idleness and faults of careless and thoughtless
children with tenderness."--p. 95. I think the criticism which he
makes upon this Life is one of the most wanton passages in his
pamphlet. The Life is beautifully written, full of poetry, and, as I
have said, bears on its very surface the profession of a legendary
and mythical character. Blot _twenty-three_.

In saying all this, I have no intention whatever of implying that
miracles did not illustrate the Life of St. Walburga; but neither the
author nor I have bound ourselves to the belief of certain instances
in particular. My assailant, in the passage which I just now quoted
from him, made some distinction, which was apparently intended to
save St. Neot, while it condemned St. Walburga. He said that legends
are "dangerous enough, when they stand side by side with stories told
in earnest like St. Walburga." He will find he has here Dr. Milman
against him, as he has already had Sir David Brewster, and the Bishop
of St. David's. He accuses me of having "outraged historic truth and
the law of evidence," because friends of mine have considered that,
though opinions need not be convictions, nevertheless that legends
may be connected with history: now, on the contrary, let us hear the
Dean of St. Paul's:--

"_History_, to be _true_, must condescend to speak the language of
_legend_; the _belief_ of the times is _part_ of the _record_ of the
times; and, though there may occur what may