New-York tribune., 1879-09-30
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presenting the outset sombre view OF the presen.
condition OF civilized society in every country ana
among all classes Everywhere the writer airms peope
are living at frightfu pressure The struggle ior Ie
s no metaphor The brand of sckening care Is s'mpeu
upon the ioiling population More truly than ever be-
fore It may be said the whole creation groans anu
,ravatis in main. In view OF deporable state of
things the writer forth the importance of judcouS
recreation relief from the pressure OF hie'
Recreation. contends should he regarded not Only
as pastimo but as duty. Its function Is To restore
the exhausted TO condition for work Win Tue
least expenditure Of The necessity Of recreation
is explained physiological principles. Work Is tue
us,ng up Of nutrition. II the income OF energy dne 10
nutrition equal TO the expenditure OF energy due 10
work the organ remains stationary as regards It's
capacty for further work. while II the work done Is in
excess Of the nutrition surriod the orgau is incapable
o. further effort until again built up by the process o'
nutrition. Hence all the organs OF the body require
periods Of rest alternate With periods of aciNF'
Now recreation affords change Of activity, giving nme
for the nutrition of exhausted organs II furnishes
certain local sleep to the exhausted part by Transferring
the activity to some other part. Hence the Wri'eF
insists on the adaptation Of the Kind OF re-
creation TO the pursuits Of the Individual III
would he as absurd 10 recommend a sedentary form
Of amusement tho literary man. already worn out py
mental work as 10 advise iatigucd with bOully
toll TO regale himself with athletics Above a recrea-
tion must OF character 10 excite pleasurabe emo
tons and while II lsss engross the CONSCIOUSNESS
The author enlafges. Win guod zeal ." loI' ~" ''
consequences OF the neglect Of exercise by tue female
sex especially by school girls. Many perhaps most oi
his details destitute OF novelty nut they serve 10 re-
yive the memory of hygienic principles, whch are
oftencr accepted theory than illustrated IN practice
Mr.. Mallocks Dialogue on Human Happiness" is
vague. mvsticdl disqnston on the philosophy OF
passion affected aud precntious. as usual with The
wrlter aud with his than usual 0oscurity ana
want or purpose or point A biographical ske'cn ol
the late Charles Tcnuyson Turuer-eider brother OF
Alfred Tenuyson--by James Speeding. betrays warm
sympatby with the genius Of true poet describing
,be details of his lie and the features Of his character
IN portrature Of equal depth % feeling and beauty o!
expression He a scholar. a reader, and though
not great traveller ne had seen strange lands. Ills
memory was well stored with classical imagery Ihe
great events and great biographies OF tho past the
struggles of the ana the victories of humanity
In the present, and the hidden future OF his
country and his race filled him with emotion
and inspired strains. which Will probably take
place here after, many OF them, among the neinoF-
able utleraEcCs OF our times lie WAS always originals
his thoughts and language both were always his o"n'
whether they had been used by others mott and bis
range was wide" "The God. OF Israel" by Joseph
Jacobs. offers profound exposition OF the Hebrew
conceptions the Deity. I'm their gradual progressive
development from the Jehovah OF Abraham 10 the IN
finite Substance spinozi. each change being due to
some crOs-feTtlzatiOn by the thought OF another u.s.
ton influence OF Greece being specially prominent
spinoza who forms conspicuous landmark Ia the his
tory thought EXHIBITS the cousummate flower ana irut
Of the crOss-fertzaton Of HcbraNm and Helenism'
His Panthcsm was the product Of the deantlropomor-
plizcd Deity Of Namonides the eternity OF mater or
Cersoudes determinism ef Cre-kas and the imma-
nence OF DIVINITY in all things taugat by the Cabaa,
east into tue mould of the methods OF Descartes. We
find MIN thorough application OF the new thought
10 ethics In all previous Jewish thinkers the practical
ana specu alive spheres kept completely separaeI
Aristotle r0led the the Bible the others but In
6pnoza We have attempt TO apply the same OBJ
iectiviy to metaphy scs In his mind the
Hellenic intellectual conceptions were transformed
emotions Yet he free from the sgnosticsm OF
Herbert Spencer. whose doctrine of tho untnowablo
ends iis refutauon I'm his writings. His system
NAV Justly be called Cosmic Theism-Helenc phil
osophy filtered through Hebraic faith. As spenser has
been called the "pOet's poet" spinoza may be termed
the "pbiOsOpber's philosopher" "Lord Beaconsfclds
Political Novels" by T. L. Kebbel. spirited defence
of "Couingsby" and sybl" ON tue ground that they
ore intended TO suggest some provision against the
failure of existing institutions 10 meet the requirements
OF the country.
Tue papers on the "sociai Philosophy and Religion OF
Comc," by Professor Card, which form valuable
trihuuon to the history OF modern philosophy, are
brought a close the present number OF The CORtei
porarB Professor Card analyzes the appeal OF Comte
90 the heart against the "intelgence, and finds
n destitute validity. lie describes 10 not merely
appeal TO feelings and mtutions which are the result
of the past development Of human Intelligence, and
especially Ot the influence of the Christian Csurch but
appeal 20 the altrustic affections which orig
ina in man. and Quitc Independent of his intelligence
Iu this sense SAYS the writer the attempt has often
been made IN modern times 10 stop the invascns Of
critical reflection by setting up the heart as an
pendent authority. such appeals, however, be re-
earded as only provisional and seliiefensve Whether
they mean little much depends the individual by
whom they are uttered Thoy may bc the concentrated
expression OF long life or culture and discipline the
emuty voice Of unframed passion and prejudice. The
further 90 back In che history o the individual OF
the race the more imperfect does their utterance
manifestation become, and when We reach the begin.
ming nnd that there manifestation or utterance
AL In concluding his able and searching criticism OF
Comtes system OF ethics, Professor Card his
sense the remarkable power and Of the author
COmte. he attms occupies position I'm some de-
gree similar to that OF Kant. lie moves between the
Ola World aud the New. and is often betrayed into
Inconsistency by the onrt Of transition. Like Kant.
he Is embarrassed to the eud by the ideas with
which ne started. and from which he can never
free himself 10 make a new beginning. With
but small portion OF the power OF speculative analysis
which characterized his great predecessor he had much
of hs Of thought ard faculty OF continuous con-
struciiOn. He had the conviction OF the allim
porlance OF morals and the determination TO make
bis theoretc studies subordinate TO the solution Of the
moral problem. historical and social theories
tain many valuable elements AID 10 ono who would
study subjects afford TO neglect them Mr. Il.
A. proposes solution Of the PROBLEM OF the
Great Pyramid" the theory that II was built for the
purpose among others Of making astronomical obser
vat0ns H. argues the question with great ingenuity
aud force aud at least makes out plausible case
compared with the paraOxcs assumptions OF Professor
Piazzi smytn. The paper on "Conspraces I'm Russia
under the Reigmns Car" by Karl Blind will be read
with profound interest uaid exposition Of certain
features In the present Oipiaous revolutionary
ments IN the Russian empire. The first Nihst society,"
stated, founded by Russian students about the
year 1859. The word Ninlist however. is somewhat
a. N.. of