Chapter 6

CUSTOM AND TRADITION.

I. To a young gentleman who had firmly resolved never to wear anything but a gray coat 246

II. To a conservative who had accused the author of a want of respect for tradition 254

III. To a lady who lamented that her son had intellectual doubts concerning the dogmas of the church 263

IV. To the son of the lady to whom the preceding letter was addressed 269

V. To a friend who seemed to take credit to himself, intellectually, from the nature of his religious belief 276

VI. To a Roman Catholic friend who accused the intellectual class of a want of reverence for authority 280