The sun., 1881-01-16
Rs,n,n,.cence. OF the Boston Rndlc., c,u,.

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III 'oiume bearing inc above title and
the imprint OF j. H. osgood * Co., collection
mas Deoh maze py MRS. JOHN L. SARGENT OF
sonie Oh tho more noteworthy papers read at
lhe meetings OF tho radical Club In Boston.
some OF the monographs would appear to have
peen printed from tho authors manu-
scrip'' put IN the majority OF cases the SUBJ
sunee OF the essays read as we'll as the
purport OF the discussions that usually
ioiowed' arc reproduced from memory. as
sistea Ny notes anu reports maue at the time.
Inc Impulse which gave birth TO the society
whose proceedings are IN part heie chronicled.
seems 10 nave been natural sequel to the trans
cehuen'ahsl movement OF carrier date. Inc club
maS ues'sheu as We are toio py the compiler oil
'his Voiume' 10 meet demand ior the ireest In
Ves.ieaioh Oh al forms OF religious thought
ana inquiry; out the range OF Investigation
was rapidly Widened until the society in the
luiiest sense deserved It's name inasmuch aa
In the scope OF its activity 1t suggested or de-
dated the most trenchant and radical innova-
tions In creeds. opinions. morals. manners. and
society. ihat IL dio something TO satisfy pos
itiVe want that its methods proved acceptable.
anu its results considerable. may be Inferred
from the iact 'hat while thirty persons were
present at Hs nrst meeting In 1851. nearly TWO
hunured were IN attendance at the closing ses-
sions In 1850. The dominant influence and
ultimate trend OF the society Is indicated by tho
graauai driitlng OF the papers from Theological
suolecls 10 sciehtliie ana eaucatlonal problems.
Inc eompiier mas admltteo nothing 10 TINS
volume whieh 10 not thoughtiulan interesting
ou' there are certain papers 10 winch the reauei'
familiar with their writer's claim TO speak with
inoro 'han usuu' au'horR'. VIII haturaiiS turn
eueh are .ie shor. account OF 'ne heDular 'he-
possioio IN mhtnem"tics' oy froi. BENJAMIN
feirce IN the lat'er paper froi. feirce sho"so
now "n"t n"o ior"erN peen uha'taihao'oi 10
iiia'netnatics "ouiu orooauiy ce"se 10 oe 30 WIN
.no ueVeiopihoht Vi 'ho sciehce oi qu"'efhi"ha-
' po'n''u oa' '""' iiioe'o Vi '"e o'uoi uonn'''ons
-. ,nN, % "'o ~ N"i 'ON ~ iAoiuio uu"'-
w. ",e'' none'o,' 10 .o'o'ON ~ W Iua'e' a n'nn
- du'n,' .io ~ .',', 49,. a
80. =, -. ', n''t;o.,i,., ,..,to.,ta
iiien. Vi 'nousn'' nhu i"'uol 'n"n ou-
'o.'e ..e n'' wa, a,,,a,sn =, I,,a, "hiH is,
Ja,,,auu ro,,",i,o5 he prot poircs ,bat
Wv a;a at ra,,ord tho in,rodro,ior ~ Tho
aooin,a, srstor ma y, an much moment as II Ia
ao,nr,ani.' ,hnuoh, 10 ho No scisntinc in.
o,r'',,on, boo hoon oorstrrot.d based nm that
''' u'io'. 'I"9 w., Do', 80, - tuoa,iln.
., 80 w. a,'artars o,d 90 NJ Tbo c,n.
10 w n,,os,Iors
,tf,It hN n pln Of hal
who'n.i en t,,a 49, aLa evo and ,yhnthcr We
49,, liyo in snoca NJ four dimen-
So D., pairoo ,oo,L TN ,,round that no did
9'VS ,i,o ar.t 70 he rossihlc but bo did
ho'ia,,o ,otho, ,ho oocord would be reallzed. In
A.. ~ his ohseryotions on the ncbuIar
49, - po,roo toot ocoasiop 10 saw thnt Ee
o,,i5 .athar rork with ,loas oi ton or twelve
,,ohoa ,ha, with n larger one. Even with tho
nnnab,ian. to,oscon, it seems thoro are only
t,,, ~. ,hroo nighta IL, tho wear when it can bo
WV 'os o,a cod n,gbt for the Washington tel
osou nanrot bo exnected ortener than once in
49, -. ,o,,r voors Prof poirce we find did
W., ro0arS Sir william Tbomnson's theory TINT
,'a mo' 81, e. aa, tron surf,c, 70 centre as by
49, ."o go. dan,oratrn,ad Re inclined 10 the
oninior that onr nlanet has n solid nucleus aud
op'uiI ai'5 with LIQUID mass between. Re-
"D,,,a 49, ;,,,',irvssio iothe cxstence Of other
n"hitaslo oS worL,s he deemed i, probable that
NJ ~ rot va, cold enough for animal exist
"a ,pn intsranco boinr thot in our planetary