The life and letters of Benjamin Jowett, M. A., master of Balliol college, Oxford.

1840-1846]

Jowelt and Stanley

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of the Gospels, and a theory of inspiration to be deduced from
it; the second to contain the "subjective mind" of the Apostolic age, historischrpsychologisch dargestellt. I think it should
also contain essays on such subjects as "eschatology," "the
demoniacs," &c., which cannot be properly effigiated in notes.'
In the autumn of 1846 he had a vision of a 'flight to
Ireland with Stanley, to examine into the constitution
and Revenues of Trinity College, &c.,' which was broken
off by some change in Stanley's plans. The letters
to Stanley belonging to this period which are preserved
are very numerous, and they dwell on many points of
merely temporary interest. But those not here included
contain some morsels which it would be a pity to lose:
as this on self-improvement (1846):'Can any summary rule be given more than this, every
day and every hour to frame yourself with a view to getting
over a weakness? How a person does this can only be learnt
from experience, not, I think, to be intruded on by others.
But the line you quote in the Preface to Arnold's Life, "That
moveth all together if it move at all '," seems to me ever to be
borne in mind in all these things. If a defect be anything
more than a trick, character is too elastic to admit of any
mechanical contrivance for getting rid of it.'
Or again this passing remark on the words 'I, if I be
lifted up from the earth,'-' Does it not seem as if the
Crucifixion and the glory of Christ were absolutely
identical in St. John's Gospel?'
From another letter (December, I846) it appears how
much he built on having Stanley at his side in Oxford:'I am delighted to think that you are committed to Oxford,
as you say: o-vv TE 8v' EpXo/vwEv2 makes one independent at least.
Where shall we be at the end of the year? Perhaps not living;
1Observe that Wordsworth is only quoted at second hand.
2 'Two going on together.'