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hts career to m eud II viii bc charitable perhaps
10 drsv veil It Is sufficient u aar that they
were q snch nature that tc might. 10 prepaf-
consurcs Of. Webster. They do not boveycr,
dctract fsom tho WORTH ot his CORRESPONDENCE,
publ'c and private, which, alEhough Insufficient.
y e'teo ,nst ave au 'aseTest e fe5 ali staleGts
Civil War. The Teti Years ot Preliminary Con.
flet !n the United StAtts. From 1870 to 1850.
4 Contcmporancnus Exposit!ou. Progress Ut
tho s!rueRle Shown t'y Public Records and rri-
i.she1, from the following persons: Horace
Greeley, Charles A. Dana, William Pitt
F!.es.cniep, The Hon. l. Washbur'e, Jr., =. +.
Wadc. Fltz Henry Warren, Joshua X. GfdhIngs.
Il. Bowarsl. Count Gurowskt. g. bailey. Charles
Sumner, William Srhoutur, +. B. Washburnc,
md otl,crs." Bv James g. tlke. former United
States Minister to tha Netherlands. New
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
A now work has been Issued by Charles P.
somerby, Of New York, written by ~ bus!-
ness man," on "Kelixtous alId social Aattera.n
Tho author IL Doi.s and sociallat. Tie
volume ovinccs great hatred Of tho Christian
Church, and stoutty denies the authorts Of tho
Bible. The wrator has taken bis criticisms from
others, and Is plainly ignorant OF many thlugs
which ho confidently a!i!rms. For example, bc
atserta TINT tho Oldest manuscrtpts Of The Nov
Testament were written In the sixth century,
mistake Of two hundred years. He rays. also,
that orIgcn did not beltcye tt,at Christ was God,
and thctctore ventuted to al1cRortze postioas Of
the Old Testancnt,-A bIunder which no reader
OF OriVen's writings could have honestly made.
The work will doubtless and SONS readers.
{" Christian and Detst, aud the Prophets. Dcing
: Bnsiness Mans ,views Upon Rr!!eious and
Charles i. somerby. 1875. Pricu, sl.00.)
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The writer seems TO regard Renan - an
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Fenr nothing. nayo absolute faith. Whoso
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after reading this volume through, that be fully
co.nprohcnds the meaning and purpose Of the
author. {" Mans Moral NATURE" An essay. By
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A handsome and Interesting ltttto volume
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