[82] It should be borne in mind that this passage was written five or six years ago, before the commencement of the Franco-Prussian war, What would my brother have said had he been able to comprehend the events of 1870 and 1871?—W. B. O.[141] This pamphlet was by Butler himself.[158a] See Biog. Britann.[158b] Middleton’s Reflections answered by Benson. Hist. Christ, vol. iii., p. 50.[159a] Lardner, part I., vol. ii., p. 135 et seq.[159b] Ibid., part I., vol. ii., p. 742.