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Chapter 18

           

           “No,father;IcannotunderwriteArticleFour(leavealonetherest),takingit‘intheliteralandgrammaticalsense’asrequiredbytheDeclaration;and,therefore,Ican’tbeaparsoninthepresentstateofaffairs,”saidAngel.“Mywholeinstinctinmattersofreligionistowardsreconstruction;toquoteyourfavoriteEpistletotheHebrews,‘THEREMOVINGOFTHOSETHINGSTHATARESHAKEN,ASOFTHINGSTHATAREMADE,THATTHOSETHINGSWHICHCANNOTBESHAKENMAYREMAIN.’”

           HisfathergrievedsodeeplythatitmadeAngelquiteilltoseehim.

           “WhatisthegoodofyourmotherandmeeconomizingandstintingourselvestogiveyouaUniversityeducation,ifitisnottobeusedforthehonourandgloryofGod?”hisfatherrepeated.

           “Why,thatitmaybeusedforthehonourandgloryofman,father.”

           PerhapsifAngelhadperseveredhemighthavegonetoCambridgelikehisbrothers.ButtheVicar’sviewofthatseatoflearningasastepping-stonetoOrdersalonewasquiteafamilytradition;andsorootedwastheideainhismindthatperseverancebegantoappeartothesensitivesonakintoanintenttomisappropriateatrust,andwrongthepiousheadsofthehousehold,whohadbeenandwere,ashisfatherhadhinted,compelledtoexercisemuchthrifttocarryouthisuniformplanofeducationforthethreeyoungmen.

           “IwilldowithoutCambridge,”saidAngelatlast.“IfeelthatIhavenorighttogothereinthecircumstances.”

           Theeffectsofthisdecisivedebatewerenotlonginshowingthemselves.

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