, 1873-11-03

's'oV 4oAA VI DAltETiAlOIlkAl BClGncq
About tho aBo Of II ho began to study logic.
began at once with tne Organon, aud roar
u to tho Analytics inclusive, but proatod llttlt
py tue PoAtcrior Analytics, Which bolong to
ramc OF speculation was not yet ripo for
father made mo road tho whole or parts Of SOW:
oral OF tho Latin troatises OH tho scholastic log.
1c; giving each day to him, In our walks, q
minute nun l account OF what Ind road, and answer.
t IT. h'g numerous and searching quostious. Astez
THIS ! went IN q similar manner through
tlo 'vompntatio sive Logioa' Of Hobbies,
work OF much higher order Of thought tllan
tug books Of the school logcians, and which llo
ostimatod il, s. very highly; in my own opinion be-
- know Of nothing, Ia nv education, ia
ever capacity Of thinking laye attaiuod Tia
first intellectual operation in which arrived at
any proficiency was dissccting a bud argument
n'oh atu nhhang IN what part tho faIlacy lay; aud,
WAS due to tho faot TINT 1t WAS an intellectual
exercise in which I waa most pcrBeyeriuglv
drilled e,in "a. by my father, yet It ls
apG prnopal asuayg9 y tho
porsnhded that nothing In modern education
tcnds 80 much. when properly used, to form or
act thlllkers, who attach a proclso meaning to
". words and propoB|ttons. aud arc not imposed on
boasted innenco Of mati1smaicai 'ta studioa SIS is
rothtng to 1t; for III mathematical processos
mono Of the real difficulties OF correct ratiocina-
tlun occur. It is also study peculiarly atlapted
to MI curly stage IN tho education OF philosophi
slow process Of acquiring, by experience and re-
Election, valuable thoughts OF thuir owu.'T
His RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
In 19l his tatl>or took him through a course
of political economy, Ills principal bools being
belief he writes:
~ was brought up from the fra. without any
religious belief, in tho ordinary acceptation or
tho term. Ny father, educated IN tho crood Of
Scotch ProsbytofianiHm, bad by his own studies
tho bel,of Of Revelation, but tho foundations
Of what IL commonly called Natural Rc-
';; x';heiy :, inecns!'tens cons, with my tatbosa esa
ings respecting rcligtop, and he impressed upon
mo from tho first that the manner In which tho
world camo into existence was q subject on
which nothing was' known; that the question,
Who made me?' cannot TO answered, because We
from which to answor it, and tlat any answor
only throws tile difficulty a stop farther baclt,
since tic question Immediately presouts itself.
Who mnuo dodT Lie, at tho Same time, took
caro- that should be acquainted with what had
o5ens Save mononea 1n tsse as soH
early all ago he mado me- rcndor OF eccleBiastl-
cal history, and he taught mo to take tho strong
est interest in tho Reformation as tho groat and
decslse contest against prlest1y tyranny for Lib
q I am thus ono. Of tho very few examples. In
tins !! country Of one who las, not thrown of re-
liglous belief, .but never had it.; grew TN in a
negative state with regard 10 it.. Ilooked upon
TIC, tie modern exactly as did upon tho ancient
Tt H}H mt IN
that English people should believe what I I'D
not, tlan that the men l rcad Of
n Herodotus should have douo 80.
History had made the variety Of opinions among
D prolongatlon Of that fact. This point in nv
oarly education had, however, incidentally. ono
bad consequence deserving notice. III giving
me an opinion contrary to TINT Of the world. my
latiler thought 1t necessary to give It az ono
world This lesson Of Keeping my thoughts to
myself at that carly age. was attended with some
mora! disadvantages. I remember two
occasions in my boyhood on which I folt myself
placed IN the alternative Of ayowal or hypocrisy.
defended It. The great advance in liberty Of
discussion, which is ono Of the most important
differences between tho present tino and that Of
ny ;ciillohood has greatly altered the moralitcs
ar ho a to On Gogon in pas;s s
y Is tho duty Of all who, being qualified in point
Of knowledge, haro TN mature consideration
satisfied themselves that tho current opinions
aro not only falBo but hurtful, to make their
dissent known; atleast If they are among those
chance Of boing attended to. Such an
ayowal would put IN erd, at onco and for
aver, to tho vulgar projulice that what is caled,
very improperly, unbelef, Is connected with any
bad qualities either OF mind or heart. Tho
world would be astonishel If it know how great
! proportion Of its brightest ornaments-of
hose most distinguished oven in popular osti-
nat!on for wisdom and yirtuo-are complete
skepties in religion many Of them refraining
rom avoWal, less fron personal considerations
on, most n'istakon apprehension, lest by,
speaking out what would tend to weaken exist
ng beliefs. and by consequence (as thoy cup
netead Of good"
WHAT HE THOUGHT OF pEHrnAMlsM.
After the residence Of a year III France, during
which he became decply imbued with Contiuen.
ial Liberalism; Mr.. Bill returned to Eugland
md resumed his studies, md the work which at
mis- period had the greatest effect upon his subse-
ion, a translation OF tho principal spoculatious
II Dontham.
1.-THE reading Of this book waa an epoch iii
ny life; one OF tho turning =. points
4 my mental history. My previous
standard Of tho greatest happiness was that'
Which had always been taught to apply was
wen familiar with all abstraot discussion OF It,
orlning an episode in All unpublished dialogue
~ Government, ,wrltten by my father on the
'latouic model, Yot In the first pages OF Bon
ham it burst upon mo with oil the force of novel;
y. Tho foeling rushed upon INC that all previ- |
'ua moralista wero superseded, and that hero,
indeed, was tho oommencament Of new era III
houpht, Tbis Impression ia strengthened |
y the manner in Which Dontham put
tito scientific form the application Of
he happinosB. principle to tho morality OF
ctionB, By aualyzny the various clauses and or
|ela OF their consequences. But what struck
no ut that timo most Of all WAS tho Classlcn- |
ion Of OIenses, which la much moro cloar, COM |
'act, and imposing III Dumont's reduction than
II tho original work Of Dentham, from which It
'as taken. Logic and tho dialeotIcs of Pinto,
Which hnd forned 80 large part Of my previous
raining, had given mo strong relish for aceu-
ato .claaaification and when found scientific
Justification applied to the great aud complex !
nbtect Of Punishable Acts, under tho guidance !
i the ethical principle Of Pleasurable and |
'ainful Conseauences, followed ont in the |
method OF detail introduced into those subjects |
TN, k1,orr r fotk Al, l.