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Thereissomethinginwhatyousay，——repliedthedivinity-student；——
andyetitseemstomethereareplacesandtimeswheredisputeddoctrinesofreligionshouldnotbeintroduced。Youwouldnotattackachurchdogma——sayTotalDepravity——inalyceum-lecture，forinstance？
Certainlynot；Ishouldchooseanotherplace，——Ianswered——But，mindyou，atthistableIthinkitisverydifferent。IshallexpressmyideasonanysubjectIlike。Thelawsofthelecture-
room，towhichmyfriendsandmyselfarealwaysamenable，donotholdhere。Ishallnotoftengivearguments，butfrequentlyopinions，——I