There is an article on him in the _Times_, April 30, 1883, of the worst
_Times_ kind, and that is saying much. It appears he whines about his
lost faith and professes to wish that he could believe as he believed
when young. No sincere man will regret having attained a truer view
concerning anything which he has ever believed. And then he talks about
the difficulties of coming to disbelieve the Christian miracles as though
it were a great intellectual feat. This is very childish. I hope no one
will say I was sorry when I found out that there was no reason for
believing in heaven and hell. My contempt for Renan has no limits. (Has
he an accent to his name? I despise him too much to find out.)