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Excerpt from Life and Letters of Thomas Hodgkin, Fellow of University College D. C. L. Oxford and Durham, D. Litt; Dublin As a member of another Church it has naturally been impossible for me to explain, as it were from inside, his work and in uence in the Society of Friends. Here I have been glad to supplement his own words by the words of others who could write as Friends themselves. I have wished to make clear what his work for the Society was, and what were his opinions as to its position in the Church of Christ, buti have not considered it my business to discuss his Opinions, still less to controvert them. My one desire has been to state them fairly, and to let him speak for himself. There is very much that all can learn from a life conscientiously and devotedly lived in accordance with the convictions held, even when complete agreement with those convictions is impossible. No one can fail to be impressed with the earnestness with which Dr. Hodgkin sought the truth, with his devotion to the truth which he believed had been revealed to him, and with his tolerance to those who differed from him. He never provoked controversy, and as it would be difficult to write about him in a controversial spirit, so I hope it will prove equally difficult to read about him in a controversial spirit. It is obvious that it would have been impossible for me to prepare this book without the constant assistance of Dr. Hodgkin's family. I cannot be sufficiently grateful for the confidence they have shown me and for the help they have generously given me. His sisters, Lady Fry and Mrs. Waterhouse, his brothers, Jonathan and Howard Hodgkin, and his brother-in-law, Sir Edward Fry, have helped me in the same generous spirit as his own children have shown. Amongst all I am bound to single out the two who were nearest to him to the last, his wife and his eldest daughter. They have given ungrudging help, and shown unfailing patience with me in every stage of my work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."