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R a moment, in opposition to him. But his opinion on the Ossianic
question, expressed in his letter, constrains me to oppose him. One word
as to what he says about Jerome Stone's MS. Dr Laing kindly lent it to
me, and it is now in my possession. I referred to it frequently in my
edition of Ossian, 1870. Had I known that Mr Campbell wished to see it,
I would gladly place it at his service. There is no mystification about
this MS.; and I am sorry to say that it will not turn the scale either
way in the present controversy. But to the main point. Mr Campbell holds
"that the Gaelic Ossian of 1807 is a manifest translation from English."
Dr Johnson expressed the same opinion more than a hundred years ago; but
while Mr Campbell can speak with a thousandfold the authority of the
great moralist, who knew nothing of Gaelic, yet even Mr Campbell submits
no positive proofs to support his decision--no new fact of any kind. As
far as external evidence goes, he founds his opinion entirely on what is
negative. Now, I submit that the history of the case presents many
undoubted facts all going to pro
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