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 pew with him after his political conversion and he wanted a church that had more charity.

I cannot suppose that he was a man of naturally reli- gious bent. Such references as he makes to the subject have an excess of unction which I would not for a mo- ment call insincere, but which suggests an excursion into paths not habitually traveled ; and these references have a rhetorical turn which appears in almost all his attempts to express unusual emotion. Thus, he writes of General Jenkins's death: **In a moment of highest earthly hope he was transported to serenest heavenly joy ; to that life beyond which knows no bugle call, beat of drum, or clash of steel. May his beautiful spirit, through the mercy of God, rest in peace ! Amen ! " ^2 Hq himself closes his book with a little anecdote which strongly confirms my opinion as to this phase of his character. He visits an old servant long after the war. *"Marse Jim,' says the negro, * do you belong to any church ? * and long, and said, — * Something must have scared you mighty bad, to change you so from what you was when I had to care for you.' " ^^
 * Oh, yes, I try to be a good Christian.' He laughed loud

Yet this man became a Roman Catholic ! This man who had all his life trusted nobody, who had placed his own judgment above that of every other, took the Church which substitutes authority for individual judg- ment, treats kings and commanders and babes and sucklings alike ! It may have been for this very reason.

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