21 February 1876 – 27 February 1876

Walk with Carlyle and Froude. I ask C. has he read Mr. Martineau on Tyndall in the Contemporary Review ? ' No, I care nothing about it. It is an utterly contemptible theory, that out of dead blind dust could spring the sense of right and wrong ! Fit only for a dog, if a dog could speculate. Don't come to me to certify that you have an intellect, with such notions as these in your head.'