But Bumble and Mrs.Grundy are less important personages in France, and so the country of Rabelais and Voltaire produces what we are unable to tolerate in thought." I concluded by saying--"We shall introduce the subsequent numbers to the attention of our readers, and, if possible, we shall reproduce in the _Freethinker_ some of the raciest plates.

We shall be greeted with shrieks of pious wrath if we do so, but we are not easily frightened." There was really more than editorial fashion in this "we," for at that time Mr.Ramsey was half proprietor of the _Freethinker_, and his consent had of course to be obtained before I could undertake such a dangerous enterprise.

I gladly avow that he showed no hesitation; on the contrary, he heartily fell in with the project.

He frankly left the editorial conduct of our paper in my hands, despised the accusation of Blasphemy, and defied its law.

His half-proprietorship of the _Freethinker_ has terminated, but we still work together in our several ways for the cause of Freethought.