, 1869-08-10

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Homo uf thc ndmircrs of Herbert Hpc,cel
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hA'e ferucu through t'itr chtl1lulB ~ the
twn points 1na,lc cnBuu1ly il recent e,lito-
rinl article, 10 wit:
I, Tint aj1, Err1,ccr'Y statement If til,
nature ar "tav" II progress in imperfect il,
that IL leayce uni Of y;rw tl,use irHtanrrs
wherein ,,ro,,,ru, IL ,,v tnyo,u,tu Instca,1 NJ
cy,lu,,,n !. r, t,v .ho chorrc fr,,, N.
1c,,,orc,ro,s ,o tin bv,,rucurua. ,nxten,
" the tr.c.s. !: nnt
=, Tint Mr., Knencer'v evutctu /. iuc.u,,
,,l,te. IN IL rrrnplszru ruJy srir,ai(]c truth
!. j., truth derive, ssr.n,E, lin ,,t,unryntiou,
VI lin m,,m,., n,ul pr,,rrnl!xed into "|nw#,
NJ, tnr, us II, rtu.nn If 1l,,(tnu,,l,y, u,n| due,
1rt rrcurntxe ~, wurlliy n rrn,wrl nuu
m,tu,r,,ui,,rul" ,,r .l,o ye,i.iuuu rlr,urutu II,
tl,uu,,l.t, i, r.. tlrmr w|twr truth. II trullp
,lu,y mr.. mr., u,i,,tuu, in,,,;,,,. ,,r ,,,,j,,,
nmurAti,,nu ,n,t lmv,, ~, ,,,,,,,,,n. ,I,,
T. Ia discus. ~, ,,ro,,., ,u,i,,, 49, w..
,m., ,,,I,. i, ,rosT =, .,,',;.,,.,, ~, "
lin, rx,,,,t I'm, ur u,m'... ."',,,., ~
| i.,.,,,u,,J.,,. ~. -
). In ,nrh or Them nnn ,orn. ot ,.,,,,,,n, ,,..,
ita t"ul of tFutA- From shu i,anrss point
hu vrrn; rrnlm,Inn ~ wt;ch H. ~ t,,n,. rot. II,
r,,a arr tryonM our Auow1s:'ac or conc*ptlHn-a
NJ, Snrnrnr ,i,ms ,,,t t.ta;n y. ,,"- ,,x
re4,u,n,]r,,t imn)ies. ia nn,,Iv sc;o,t;t,c
kn"w1r,ls, IN a test Of r,l;rjouu tru,l,. II.
.t1ir,I4s aa distinctly IN ye thc "ola contrast
between belief m,d k1owlylge, religion una
philosophy" uni he lcancs Ill tho fonus of
Tbs 1rnknountl,.. HAL t,c ston,,1 t,or,,
bs would Inv. tecn nh;Ioson,,;cnJ and M,
irrcljt,ous 1,ut Il, a1,7s Tint tb,v oro o1s,
ls.v,,,nd ,ur c.,nc4pt;,n II t,,,,. ara ,,o
ro,,d ,,,n,, sonco,,,;on b,- ,1t,n, ,,ra,,
,a.a .1,a- aon..:.oa 49,, H.. ~ Wy ~.
c,>.,o- nt,,z,, H., \, 49,. LII, - -,
-, as...'..:.- -. - aA. ~ a,as,..s,N 80 - ros'nu
Ia M ,,,ara t. 49, ~ :. 49,, ~ ~, ," wv
,1ao. ~ 49,, 49, ,u,.. 1.,,o.',,H.., ,..:e:. e :.
is ,bo oo11 ~ t.7,,,, ~ 40 san1eT fa,sa,,o,s 49, -
Sn1c1x not in ac;cnt;e, kn,,w1c1oo fnr ,h,,
is no test Of tho truth u The unlnowah1r
When Mr.. Spencer Ind come faco 10 fac,
with The Unknowablo, logic required TINT,
like Humboldt in his famous definition in
Kosmos Of tho boundary between religious
and scientific thought, he should decline to
enter, or II ho entered it at all be should
enter 1t with some test pzofesselly npplica-
ble to spiritual matters. He should not
proceed to assert lis - knowledge relative
to - unknapable matters, as he evidently
does, By asserting that they are beyond
otlr conception" Hayino ai1mittad fhof ro.
ljuiu,,s truth in n thing which ar;.to Int ;s
inca1ablo of being known. hc should 1,..y,
the witness-stand. OF what yalue oan his
further knowledge bo conccrn;no thnt ~
which lie nffi1ns that notlino cen In l-narr
The question 10 be nut relative to uh,,lv
r1n}2oEablez matters is, whether anythino
can Hustworthily be beloved. wbnn
knowledge is inaccessible. ia faith tr1,st.
worthy or Ralutary? With due admiration
ios Alr. Spncer's philosophical acuteneas. |
he would huTe been more philosophical il
he had snd :: ''1Iaving no religions faith
4nyseh, except my unboundcd faith in the
truth Of my system Of philosophy, and no
theory except negation relative 10 the al
eyed supernaturalities Of history, cannot
,1ude others into regions in which. from !
he limitations upon NV own mind bavo
lot gone and caunut % rnrso,f va Il,
i
ot estimate 3fr. Snencrr na n 1oss -
dtnirable thinker than Jonatban Fdr,r,1s
1cneti,o nv po.1 49,.
u1,ossiblc to iuat;tute n counar;a,n In
1e en- O flower. a noe,n. anif q star n,t
O deny Tint Mr.. Sne,,ror cn,nn-,,,,,3o o
lore Of the ideas OF thc.e man than th.r
ould of Mr.. Speuce1. md a1o or ,l,s
hole, disposed to believe tbev xo,,1,1 find
much casier to counprebcn1 him a,,, ., {
aust him, than le them, While wa vs,ua {
spcculatiuns as constnnt1r
ecessary az countcrpoise to and purifier a.
ligouE dogmatism, set We also whine re-
yious faiths as conntcrpuise to aud puri-
y Ut the passions and sens11alities of life.
nd yet, We rccuguize tho litter. nlso os :,
nre powerful co-yurkors than e;,hor ,,f
e others in evolving human t,rorrcss, Sp
ucl from Mr.. Spencer himself in t}efcuee :;
our charge Tint In ~ sertar;o,
hllr admitting that nil reJi1io,,s ,ru,, IN 9
lknowabc, he vet rr,cec,]s In affirm AMI II
ny III rclatiou tt it-to affirm that u c,n. :"
in. the soul If truth ana I, 1onx tbot !, -
rludcs anything l,clicvnrlc, for no man =.
Il r''ntond TINT we can believe nnttl.inr -,
lieh "" lo not first conceive, since it can "a %
~ l'r uur conception III Thing which l..
! "rer 1o believe. Ii,
II. Az to "ur h,st 1s,int. tha. Mr.. Bpm. Il,
f'a ilIprry If ,,r,u,,e4a. ut leaat AZ pt,,al n,
his principal works, ,1ves not inelnle et
'Re tflhnEra wt,irh rnllsist III inr"I,ltipu II
'.n'1 of rveluti"p. we ,unr rut tave ,,a.1" III
1se1tn# plain. ll that MI rrnt,t,,a4 in a. n
Iy MI in,"1uliil II tl.u heterogeneous in
F." tllp lelun.,al.r,n,a, as tl.a tavataa. a,rt tr
II sin t1,,eatfun ~l4ntl,rr it In ,,,e onv al l.,
"th"t hut~tpta ,rau ,t"u tin taaa II, il,
fh ~c ,rt.at.t !, tim, ri, my ,1jstin.3,,,, L.,
,ctrn. il. i,ntIt ,s, W. ,,atin,n. s,,ssspll,, Il,
t.s .aAy .,u,nn,.sst..l,,u sa atr, Hos.,,rf's .,l
la,s*.t "!a~," 1ak", fur Instance Tim Ill.
! ",,ird," Ihia i,t,u. uhetI,rr cun,idr,,t 10.
1rIrrut,s IL us .r.mtcnt ,,,u,uu,uut ,n
ta-,iz,, funn. ulnIunua. wj,,,,a .,n, -.
tim, I.auty-,r ~hrhrr cu,,sl.lesed n
organism chemically rnnn,ast
hy,lrue..n, casl.,nu, oxyruu. lima. ths
is Heterogeneous ami complex. nc.
II considered in reference to I'LL ~,
tr objects. man. a.Lss. trees. eow,n c,r
the hnn,c v,ri .,ir1" .,,,,nsso. tho
uosr,4tu,,s entity. nm cr,,,tu,o ~, II re