1.  You can imagine what I felt, and in what state of mind I was, when I came to Dazimon and found that you had left a few days before my arrival.  From my boyhood I have held you in admiration, and, therefore, ever since our old school days, have placed a high value on intercourse with you.  But another reason for my doing so is that nothing is so precious now as a soul that loves the truth, and is gifted with a sound judgment in practical affairs.  This, I think, is to be found in you.  I see most men, as in the hippodrome, divided into factions, some for one side and some for another, and shouting with their parties.  But you are above fear, flattery, and every ignoble sentiment, and so naturally look at truth with an unprejudiced eye.  And I see that you are deeply interested in the affairs of the Churches, about which you have sent me a letter, as you have said in your last.  I should like to know who took charge of the conveyance of this earlier epistle, that I may know who has wronged me by its loss.  No letter from you on this subject has yet reached me.