"All our hopes now lie in a true understanding and philosophy of man's nature."-H. G. ATKINSON, F.G.S. "The absolute and unholy barrier set up between psychical and physical nature must be broken down."-DR. HENRY MAUDSLEY. "It is manifest that nothing can be of consequence to mankind, or any creature, but happiness."-BISHOP BUTLER. "When religion is called in question because of the extravagancies of theologians being passed off as religion, one disengages and helps religion by showing their utter delusiveness."-MATTHEW ARNOLD. Author of "The Philosophy of Necessity," "Force and its Mental "If these statements startle, it is because matter has been LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER. 1871. |