New-York tribune., 1875-05-13
FRENCH VIEWS or A GREET rRoDLEu

RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
Ir,o,, T'Is H., ri. gtAcIg NJ 4 ,g.If %

RELIGION AND sCinNCE.
From the Paris Steele ef Apr,i 2?;
The publishing house, (;cImcr- -Baillierc, has
just issued volume u IN International Scientific
Series" in which already have appeared several excel,
and historical. Its te is :. rhc Conflict between Re
OF the most Professors of the University OF New
York. We have already read this work, anu hasten 10
in nr'hIcms rcspectf r.lieor ana sochce IL comes
from the other side OF the Atlan; and has more than
Ter OF rejoicing to us a reopl who thus far has
seemed occupied with material progress turning it's
intellectual activity and applying is slnstt energy To-
by the united efforts of all races and all nations;
Let us add that the time has already arrived
for thoughtful persons to come 10 Reasonable convictions
whatever respects the relations Oi Catholicism u mod
ern civilization In the concluding chlpter OF ms book
DR.. Draper considers the alpfoachnS CRISIS between
that civilization and the RomaI Church. Fora long
time this crisis has been orcSccI by serious obs vcrs
In certain countries it has already reached its climax,
and under form either pacific or violent no nation can
escape From he.a in which these two principles.
that of science and that of reli?oh-oppoarg principles
have been placed in the world face 10 face, conisoh
was inevitable The gauntlet thrown down 10 free
thought by the Vatican, in pcoeHlmlns Tue Ii'niDty
OF the Pope, has ha,enCd tie ne Gcn or that collision
The book of Dr. Draper has Cor It's object 10 Indicate o
the present position OF the two parties by setting
Ine chapters which Dr. Draper mas devoted to Arabian
civilization the most rnarkaDlc oil his DO1k
The author has desired To vndc1te tho Arabans whose
history has hitherto only been written by their cncni,s
He shows the successors of Mohammcd mlnesting for
science much sympathy a. the Catholicism OF tc ld
die ACES manifested hatred MeGiine Astronomy, Math
enatics Literature, ied in Lonor by the hhafs II
Greek thought at the epcch Il the Rcnssance east its
raliaOns Europe II is 70 the Arabs above all others
that the blessing is due Ii they who preserved and
enriched it, Space would fall III to follow Dr. Draper III
his historical eXpOsitics of this theme. lie examines
after another each Of the conflicts winch nave arisen
between religion ana sci' the conflict Oh ,he nature
OF God that the c tn" ou, that on the nature
of world, that the nlncnt Of the inverse,
these problems in succession arose. ana c SHOWS tha
the Church always took par against the s,lcithI NcN,
and was always overthrown The book oi Dr Draper
the most cXtCnsI"e "Id most diverse I'rli'g
Few men, among the most llrslrous OF european
sayans, would have been capable OF "iltlhS IL. "hdt
especially strikes us Is the Dtia logic ana the pre-
observations ncOsed In tllS httic volume Dr'
Diapers thought, nervous and concentrates Is never
lost in details it denies Itself all rhetorical display s
tone grave and seye.e but one would be grtaty d
ceiyed If he thought that sion was wanting rms pas
sion ON the contrary, burns undrr an mpara NY Oi ran
page ia this that renders attractive the reading
this philosophical bo0the passion ior trut ' low
intellectual freedom the esiIc OF uphodingit II some
times happens that this passion ocirays s,l "heh
"a legitimate permits It's manifestation u Ouists
forth in superb words one may SEE IL III ths i>Sisc' I'll
which the author is relating the dea of Giorno Bruno
But we must beware. 1t VIII not 40 iOr US 10
continue our quotation One word IN CONCLUSION
ageous is a profcs in the University ol New-lork
He deals equally with orthodox Pro,estintish hs win
Catholicism. lie speaks with equal courage To tieh
both II Dr. Draper lived ia France and not III America
does ANYBODY believe that he would be permitted to oc
chair university and be permitted 10 express
hi,nself with SO much feedOni Can We even be sure
Ing magistrate who would have discovered Ia II crime
linst r,li of the Statei There WOulu nave
been Rayelets ami Vemlcts who would have denounced
thc author, obtained his disgrace, ana lu hs mouth
in Ncw-lOrk 10 enters nt0 the mlnd OF NOBODY 10
think that a sayant, matter what his Religious Upih
bea siyaut BeriOus. truthful usrtni 10 YOUTH
an honor 10 his country can D. dangerous t.ac,r m
u university And yet, nevertheless, III America, as
every knows, religious convictions are UNIVERSAL
they sincere they profound IL Is Tor ths very
reason that Americans know how to be tolerant.