[The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Elizabeth Barrett Browning]@TWC D-Link bookThe Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II CHAPTER VIII 142/268
'Then I sint he a velly naughty man.
What! he beat Napoleon _wiz a stit_ ?' (with a stick). Imagine how I laughed, and how Robert himself couldn't help laughing. So, the seraphs judge our glories! If you have seen Sir David Brewster lately I should like to know whether he has had more experience concerning the tables, and has modified his conclusions in any respect.
I myself am convinced as I can be of any fact, that there is an _external intelligence_; the little I have seen is conclusive to me.
And this makes me more anxious that the subject should be examined with common fairness by learned persons.
Only the learned won't learn--that's the worst of them.
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