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3 oo LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP TAIT [CH. xu.
His reply was (I give his words), Tait was very kind, and on
the whole even gave me the impression that he agreed with me.
"
I do not think you can be quite aware of the pain that you
give in this way. You evidently fancy that you convey one im
pression when you mean to convey another. The result is that
your friends complain that they cannot count on you : your
enemies say that they can, and that you will always do what
is popular with the Low Church party.
"
I am very sorry if I have been arrogant. I was not conscious
of it. I cannot honestly say that I am conscious of it now. But
a man smarting under a sense of having been unfairly treated by
a friend is not a fair judge o( his own temper. At any rate, I
am honestly grateful to you for telling me. That at least is
straightforward and friendly.
against the fault.
"
I owe you very much :
I will
try to be on my guard
more than I can ever repay. My
heart swells sometimes when I think of lessons learned from
your lips twenty years ago, and of kindnesses which perhaps
were hardly thought of by you who did them, but were more
than I can tell to me who received them. And you can hardly
imagine the wound it gave me to see your name under the
Archbishops letter, not so much because I thought it wrong in
you to sign if you really wish to condemn so severely, but
because my visit to Fulham had made me feel sure that you
would join in no such act. Forgive me if I have written hotly,
and believe at any rate as much as this, that I am acting to the
best of the light that God has given me in a very difficult time.-
Yours faithfully.
F. TEMPLE."
The Bishop of London to the Rev. Dr. Teuipie.
"LONDON HOUSE, tfh March 1861.
" MY DEAR TEMPLE, I am very unwilling to add to your
trouble by writing again, but I cannot refrain from saying how
thankful I am for the more kindly tone of your yesterday s letter,
so much more like yourself. You will not, I trust, be sorry for
the trouble of reading another letter if it tends to clear up mis
understandings with one who has known and esteemed you so
long as I have.
" As
you say it, I must concede that I appear, when you were