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chaff from their wheat-of whatever in them is light
and trivial, and poor, from the solid and the true
therefore he called these and griefs tribu
lations, thrashIngs. that is of the inner spiri:ua
man, without which there could be no fitting him 70
the heavenly garner In the lecture on the mora
y IN Words the necessity of calling things by thei
right names is strenuonsly insisted on, even at thu
expense OF little coarseness 'for how immense i:
the difference as 10 the light in which shall earr
to regard sin according have been wont tc
designate, and TO hear it designated by word which
brings out its loathsomeness and deformity or by
| one which conceals them.'' Thus morality mus
have been at very low ebb with the French when
they could call a subtle poison used by impatient
heirs 10 remove those who stood between them and
their Inheritance, poudre de succession " and equally
low In Italy during the reign of Caesar Borgia when
no one was said to be poisoned, only the death of
some was a." 0iutaiG " or assisted. We should indeed
vigorously oppose ourselves 10 all such immorali-
ties of language - though such opposition be neither
easy pleasant, for many that will endure to COM
nit sin, will resent hearing that sin called by its
right name" We feel that it is impossible for us
TO do justice to this little work in the space to which
we necessarily obliged confine ourselves; II is
In the form of lectures which, though delivered before
students who preparing 10 become teachers. can
readily he comPrehended by the g oId-fed - scholar
himself. 1t is another. and hope successful
tempt to popularze science. In this age of prog
she will no longer submit to be confined to the halls
of the Universities the Schools of Philosophers
but her voice is heard in the market place crying
prepare the ways, make the paths straight and
the ambition of her vodres should be to place
useful knowledge within the reach of all who have
the energy to sleeps or the capacity to understand it,
to smooth the rugged sleeps that lead her temple,
and teach the feet ct the to climb her hill
That the science of PhioIogy is which will amply
repay the attention which the general reader may feel
incl ined to devote to it, doubt all who will
read this work will readily admit, and we cannot
better close this Imperfect sketch than by quoting
comparison from it, which struck US as exceed
ingly appropriate: "Suppose that the pieces of
money, which in the ordinary intercourse of life,
Ouoho han had
thing OF its own which made it more or less wor-
thy of note; if on stamped some strik-
ing maxim, another important fact, on
third memorable date: if others were works of
finest craven with and beautiful Devices or
bearing the head of some ancient sage heroic king
while others again were the sole surviving monu-
ments of mighty nations that filled tie world
with their fame what careless ind fference to our
own Improvement would it argue in US, if we were
content that these should and 90, should stay
by us pass from US, without vouchsafng to
them so much as one serious regard. Such curren-
cy there Isl currency intellectual and spiritual of no
meaner orth, and with which we have to trans
act so much OF the higher business Of our lives. Let
us see that not here under the condem nation
OF any such incIrious du lness.''