himself most pointedly wrote to
me) the difficult task "to teach Anglican theology (and that to Anglican
Cymri)." He has not yet quite promised to pay me a visit,--he is evidently
afraid of me as a German and freethinker, and is afraid "to be
catechised." He, like all Englishmen, is wanting in _faith_. He seems to
occupy himself profoundly with the criticism of the Old Testament. Poor
fellow! But he will take to Daniel.

The Harfords are determined to keep him there, in which Henry has already
encouraged them. I, however, think he _ought_ to go to Cambridge if they
offer him a professorship. Muir has written to me again,--an honest man;
but he has again taken a useless step, a prize, for which Hoffmann
(superintendent-in-general) is to be the arbiter; and the three judges
will be named by him, Lehnert as theologian (Neander's unknown successor),
H. Ritter as the historian of philosophy (very good,--and who as
_Orientalist_)! No magister will touch his pen, _his ducibus_ and _tali
auspicio_. You should perform the Benares vow by a catechism drawn up for
the poor young Brahmans in the style of Rowland Williams, and yet quite
different, that is, in your own manner, telling and short. At all events,
no one in Germany will write half as good a book for the Brahmans as
Williams has done. The Platonic dialogue requires a certain breadth,
unless one is able and willing to imitate the Parmenides. At the same time
the ordinary missionaries may convert the lower classes through the Gospel
and through Christian-English-German life, in which alone they prove their
faith. By the by, it seems that Williams hopes for an article from you in
the "North British Review." That you intend to read my "Egypt" is
delightful; only not in the Long Vacation, when you ought to travel about.
Have you read the friendly article on "God in History" in the "National
Review" (April), which however certainly shows an ignorance bordering on
impudence. Even the man in the "Westminster Review" pleases me better,
although he looked through my book fast asleep, and puts into my mouth the
most unbelievable discoveries of his own ignorance,--Isaiah chapters
xlix.-lxvi. are written by _Jeremiah_ and _Baruch_, and similar horrors!
When will people learn something? But in four years I hope, with God's
help, to state this, in spite of them, and force them at last to learn
something through "the help of their masters and mine." With true love,
yours.

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