A few days ago we published a communication from an undergraduate who disagreed with our views on the subject of Mr. Emerson's position in regard to posterity as expressed in an editorial. We of course recognize the entire right of the one who wrote the communication to hold any view wha-soever on Mr. Emerson's position, although we must confess we believe Mr. Arnold's criticism just. As a proof that the criticism was unjust, he says that "the truth has always been held to be that Emerson was the foremost philosopher that this century has produced." This is, of course, no disproof of Mr. Arnold's claim, which was based on facts. As to the question of our like or dislike as Americans to see Mr. Emerson's intellectual proportions measured with "a British foot-rule," it cannot possibly enter into any discussion based on Emerson's merit or place. But it might be said that "a British foot-rule" is a far more accurate standard of measurement than an American yard-stick, when the latter measures four feet to the yard. Of course, argument is useless in such a question. It can never be settled until posterity itself decides.