Robert Louis Stevenson's fierce open letter is both a public vindication of Father Damien and a scorching rebuke of those who slandered him. Written in direct response to Reverend Hyde's attack, it denounces the cruelty of gossip, the hypocrisy of missionary society in Hawaii, and the complacency of men who failed the lepers while Damien gave himself utterly to their care. Drawing on his own visit to Molokai, Stevenson evokes the island's brutal landscape and the horror of the settlement in its darkest days, making clear what kind of courage was required to live there. Against accusations of roughness, dirt, stubbornness, and officiousness, Damien emerges as a deeply human hero: flawed, plainspoken, and uncompromising, yet generous, honest, and wholly devoted to the suffering around him. Stevenson argues that such imperfections do not diminish sainthood but deepen it, proving that Damien's true greatness lay not in administrative polish but in the transforming power of his sacrifice, which brought attention, aid, and reform to Molokai. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.