Note 352 — MISCELLANEOUS RECOLLECTIONS A SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER BEGUN IN 1826

[These “letters” were the result of Porson’s researches in divinity at the period when he was seeking to make up his mind about taking holy orders. George Travis (1741-1797), Archdeacon of Chester, in his Letter to Gibbon, had upheld the genuineness of the text, 1 St. John v. 7; but his conclusions were ruthlessly pulled to pieces by Porson’s superior reasoning.]