New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
THE AGN0Sz1o'S CREED.

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THE AGN0ST7C'S CREED.
WHAT PROFESSOR HUXLEY BELIEx1x
run his Article IN The Ninotsenth Century.
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BOOKS THAT lNFuExcED ME.
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not merely actually impossible but theoretically A.
HUN MY MIND 6tSt1Ws ifsf
Philosophy and history having laid hold Of mo h
this eccentric fashion, have never ic0sened their grip.
ba ayS No upn en- 70 b IN na e
which rendered Hamilton and Guizotattrsctfve to mo,
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mental occupation, but has not unltcquenty disputed
M proper wcrktime with my tssc sdy Mature. sa.s,
good deal Of ground In tho territory Of philosophy:
Tho reader will now see Why ny n mind s stesa
THE ORIGIN OF THE TERM AGNosrIclI
When reached intellectual maturity and began b
dana s. En- s mos sa .s
the less ready was ae SsS Si an a i noe
BART with any Of these dsnomnaons, except the last
Tho one thing In which most Of these good people
werc .sreed vas the one thing IN which dissfed
ccpsain mem had moro Or less susssssisy
solved tho problem Of sxistence; while was quite
that tho problem was Insonbis This was nay situation
when had the good fortune 70 ma ,s placr s%ons
my colleagues were fists Of one sort Or s1o; n
who man v Without S rag gs % lad laD S Il. az
So took Thought and invented what conceived g
Be- the appropriate title Of agnostc II came in,o nt
history who protested 10 know so much about the yx
things Of which was ignorant, and took the carries
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satisfaction the term took
THE AGNosrIc's RULE OF LIFE.
Asnosticsm i not creed but meihod me Z -
single principle The principle Of g Ssss TsS AZ
sTry Al things, hold fast BY that which g g.odss
n is tho foundation Of the Reformation, which empy
Illustrated hs 1 S ia sas ssey a. man Sm Ss
sxic c oi modern science positively the pt1slpls
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to any e mot Mss as
are certain which are not demonstrated Or fmonsWs
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TO look the universe in the face whatever the futura
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WHAT THINK OF MAN:
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forth in the annals Of history Out Of the dasmess
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LEAD S him f q aessueson vcm TO endies. Illusions
which mako bis mental existence terror ana oSsqsn'
And his physical s with b. es svss p anS ana
develops more or less workable theory o. me ~
such situations g tho plains o. IA
Of years Struggles with varying fortune attended by
infinite wcksaness eoodsnsd and misery e %n Stsn
OF his fellow men He makes point Of killing and
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fooiis n confers postmcrtem dsifcston his
Victims he exactly repeats he process with ~ who
lowest blunders aud commit the fevest sins.
WHAT I THINK or CHRIST.
In the course Of other inquiries. have had TO 90
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tance. and became moro and moro ndstlnct g txiod
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:urancs about 4 might marx = New ewr m ~ e
my efforts to define the grand figure q Jesus IS !, n M
n The primary strata q asa,sa n H. cs.conbs
Or Is he the stern Judge who Cwns sp9ve sne shir
Of IS. Cosmss and Damlanusi or can ne % ngnn -
physical pain, Of too many medieval picturesi Arg
we to accept the Jesus of the second or TIE 'es1s %
rrsi,v cav and do and how much that 10 attributed 70
Him in speech and action Is the embroidery o. .r ~
various pasues h hn twenty wears Of His DEATH when
svsn tSs thsee fold tradition was only nascents
AND or CHRISTIANITY.
That should socS . the 1. gVI men to the bs
t q o nag ability IS L T. e s
ory Of Judaism and Of chrisi tss,t s - aasS
verify biove he great gooa which, wnse 0 ssunser
eaessd BY chsa.y d ssi Oss1 on Which al he
Churches have Insisted that honest disbelief Il sr
nyood Sin az tbs deepest dye deserving ara IN
yyns tho Same future ou 5f sss q one lie
f ,n - svnocpisy and cruelty. the Hes, the
oa9sns q sv cm III. Spss s"ssc. ons
mhahmys wn ~ he history Of Christian nations our
%sgnaOns Of he'll Would % ih Pi't that The on
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to earnest believers IN even the wSss ,osn' TO o. en
What deductions must be made from TIM ss,s s,,sr
The score Of the horn done to the citseI sng
son, neod not now consider; but they are ~
not small II agucsties lose heavily On 1'
side, thcy gain good deal on tho o'nei
PosITIvrsM WILL NOT SUCCEED cHRIsIiA - 49,.
whoso calls Ia mind what may venture 70 tetm
the bright side Of Christianity that de: q IN