The student may tell me--and justly--that I have offered him none but negative examples. I will complete his instruction by printing one of the best chosen Revelations I know. At the time when a number of letters addressed to Mr. Kruger by various public men were captured, and very rightly published, a certain number were, for reasons of State, suppressed. To Dr. Caliban, reasons of State were no reasons; he held that no servant of the people had a right to keep the people in ignorance. Within a week, a detective in his employ had brought a little sheaf of documents, which, judged by internal evidence alone, were plainly genuine. They were printed at once. They have never since been challenged. I. 497, Jubilee Row, B’ham, 19.7.’99. Dear Sir.--We must respectfully press for the payment of our account. The terms upon which the ammunition was furnished were strictly cash, and, as you will see by the terms of our letter of the 15th last, we cannot tolerate any further delay. If we do not hear from you relative to same by next mail, we shall be compelled to put the matter into the hands of our solicitors. Yours, &c., JOHN STANDFAST, Pro Karl Biffenheimer and Co. II. Yacht _Fleur de Lys_. Prince ne Daigne. Palerme, Sicile. Ci, la feste de l’Assomption de la T.S.V. (Vieux Style) L’an de N.S.J.C. MCM. (1900). Monsieur Mon Frère.--Nous vous envoyons nos remerciemens pour vos souhaits et vous assurons de la parfaicte amictié qui liera toujours nos couronnes alliées. Faictes. Continuez. Agréez, Monsieur Mon Frère, l’assurance de notre consideration Royale la plus distinguée. ORLÉANS, pour le Roy, _Chétif_. Vu, pour copie conforme, _Le Seneschal_, BRU. III. Offices of the _Siècle_, Paris, Chef-lieu of the department of the Seine, France. 6, Thermidor, 108. My good Kruger.--It is evidently necessary that I should speak out to you in plain English. I can’t go into a long dissertation, but if you will read the books I send herewith, _The Origin of Species_, Spencer’s _Sociology_, Grant Allen’s _Evolution of the Idea of God_, &c., you will see why I can’t back you up. As for your contemptible offer, I cast it back at you with disdain. My name alone should have protected me from such insults. I would have you know that my paper represents French opinion in England, and is now owned by an international company. I am the irremovable editor. Yours with reserve, YVES GUYOT.