THE REALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS OF MODERN SCIENCE EXAMINED BY THOMAS MARTIN HERBERT, M.A. LATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND CHURCH HISTORY IN THE LANCASHIRE SECOND EDITION London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK [The right of translation is reserved] 03-20-39 J.A, 3-18-39 PREFACE. THIS volume is from the pen of the late Thomas Martin Herbert, M.A., Professor of Philosophy and Church History in Lancashire Independent College. He died at the early age of forty-two, in November, 1877, after one day's illness, having occupied this post for little more than twelve months. The subject treated of in this book was thoroughly congenial with his tastes. For years he had given it careful attention, devoting to it all the time he could command. His first published thoughts upon the subject appeared in the British Quarterly Review for January, 1874, in an article entitled "Mind and the Science of Energy." The reception with which that article met confirmed his sense of the importance of his argument, and encouraged him to carry out his intention of more fully developing his thoughts in the form in which they are now laid before the public. |