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th a t sim p ly “ seeing is b eliev in g ” . of “ Form s” , so as to m easure and
us. W hat things are in them selves, Hence we h ave a world of sp irit­
equate every thing a nd every change
apart from th eir effects upon us and
ism (th a t of Swedenborg, for in ­ scientifically by its befoke and af ­
from the conscious states to which
stance), with lots of subjective ter . T his elim inates th e epook
they give rise, we do not know.
A P E R E D IT IO N S .
spooks etc., so well attested that it “ thing in itself”, and leaves us cer­ Paine’s Age P of
Reason....................................
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The external world, as we conceive '
Common Sense................................. „ ia
ill deceive “ the very elect” unless ta in ty and plain sailing for the rest Paine’s
Paine’s Rights of Man.....................................
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it through our forms of perception
P ain e’s Crisis ........................................................
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they be “scientific” like Mr. U der of our lives.
Paine’s Religious & Theological Works. Ills 80
ana modes of thought, m ay have no
Paine’s Principal Political Works. Illus....
80
wood. Of course the healthy posi
But let us not tem pt him by the Paine’s Life. Profusely illustrated............... SO
resemblance whatever to the abso­
Volney’s Ruins of Empires. Illustrated...
80
tion is to keep these two sides of echoes of our old battles m a te ria l­ Rousseau’s
Vicar of Savoy, and A Search for •
lute reality. Between the in tern al
Truth, by Olive Schreiner........................ 2ft
perception, cognition, conception, istic, but invite him as a M onist to Rousseau’s
Social Contract............................
80
and external order there is congru
in all Ages. Portrait 80
etc., healthy, w ell-balanced and a l ­ join with us and the G erm an class Meslier’s Superstition
(rtlnube Iiub ‘■IlmiintfL Portrait 80
ity, but resem blance cannot be
Sunday Under Three Heads. Illus. 2ft
ways critical of each other, and of the Liberal U niversity, in their Dickens’
Bulwer’s History of a False Religion. Illus. 20
affirmed.
Talleyrand’s Letter to the Pope. Portrait. . 26
subject to constant cross-exam ina­ ch an t of another healthy verse of Gibbon’s
Birth and Character of Mahomet... 26
The conclusion of all psycholog­
Higgins’ Horse Sabbatic«.............................. 26
tion. Or as Goethe says it better G o eth e, to -w ii:—
Higgins’ Apology for Mahomet, the Ulus. 26
ical analysis is, as H uxley says, th an we, thus:—
«
Reasons for Unbelief. By Louis Viardot...... 25
Father Toni and the Pope at the Vatican.......
16
Vielfach is d er M enschen S treb en ,
“that all phenom ena are, in their
Ih re U n ru h , ih r V e rd ru ss;
ultimate analysis, known to us only “ Den Sinnen h ast du d ann zu t r a u e n ;
Auch
ist m anches G ut gegeben,
Kein Falehes lassen sie dich schauen
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ancher
liebliche G en u ss;
as facts of consciousness.”
'V enn dein V erstand dich w a c h e rh ä lt.
Doch
das
grösste
Glück im Leben,
W hat are phenom ena?
W hat M it Irischem Blick bem erke freudig,
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t nd w andte, sich er wie geschm eidig,
Is t ein g u ter, leich te r S in n .
appears. In other words, the a p ­ D urch A uen reich begabter W elt.
pearance of the real, the effects upon “ T hy senses also h a st thou to tr u s t;
M anifold is M an ’s striv in g ,
H is u n rest, his v ex atio n ;
consciousness of th a t which is.
N othing false will th ey let thee see—
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m any a good is given,
th y u n d e rstan d in g keep th e aw ake :
That which is, is “ the thing in it­ 1 W f ith
Many
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fre sh e n ’d ¿glance th e n joyfullv
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V oltaire’s Zadig, or F a t e : and The W hite
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Bull, a Satirical Romance.............. 28
of the perceiving self. This is the
Is a sound an d cheerful m in d .
-------The Sage and the Atheist; also The
Through the fields of th e richly-gifted
Princessof Babylon.........................
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world.”
“unkuowable,” the “ inscrutable,’’the
T. B. W.
------ The Man of Forty Crowns; and The
Huron, or. Pupil of Nature........... 26
“unpicturable,” and the “ essence of
------ Micromegas; The World as it Goes;
This is the healthy,com m on sense
Plato’s Dream ; Jeannot A Colin, etc. 21
Rem em ber, if you send us the
being.”
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My Agnosticism is based upon
Letters on the Christian Religion.... 16
living. And m ay ibis article of your Liberal friends and a c q u a in t­ -------
-------Philosophy of History............................ 26
the inability of the hum an mind to
Ignorant Philosopher...................
26
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-------Chinese Catechism................................. • 26
transcend the condition of cogni­
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they are related to us. W h at being
Counsels and Maxims............................ 26
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------- Religion: a Dialogue & Other Essays.. 26
is except as it is in relation to us
The Art of Literature............................ 26
thee, drop th a t word “ Agnostic” , two-cent stam p.
Studies in Pessimism.
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Gabrielle’s
Life
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Immortality
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Man
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Davidson’s Canon of the Bible....,................ 50
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Darwin’s Origin of Species............................. 60
The first word, Agnostic, is sim ply
Hypatia By Charles Kingsley......................
80
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Bacon’s Paradoxes. Portrait ...................... 10
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The Scientific Religion By
ay Maniei Sands... 00
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Ingersoll’s Controversy A Christmas Hermon 26
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Gods and other Lectures
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■ Ghosts and other Lectures............
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Some Mistakes of Mossa................. >6
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Interviews on Talmage.......... ....... 80
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What Must we do to be Saved ?.....
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the word indicates the A B C state
Blasphemy....................................... 20
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---- Man, Woman and Child. Portrait.
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----- Shakespeare, a Lecture. Portrait.
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■The Christian Religion.................
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Howto Reform Mankind.............
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• The Truth, a Lecture.....................• 26
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