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Fine Arts, and we find him described as of the "poetic order." In 

 the theological disagreement between the liberals and orthodox we 

 find him the aggressive leader of the liberals. It is said that the 

 lessons of his mother, the death of his father, and the influence 

 of a revival took him into theology. Although our table classifies 

 him with the philosophers, we find little in this that would identify 

 him with Aristotle, Bacon, Buddha or Confucius. 



Our other theologian, Cotton Mather [24], is principally emi- 

 nent for a great mass of publications of doubtful value, and for his 

 connection with the witchcraft persecutions. He furnished much 

 of the evidence which caused the executions, and among other 

 things he discovered [?] that the devils were familiar with Latin, 

 Greek and Hebrew, but were less skilled in the Indian languages. 

 Even after public opinion changed, he never expressed regret for 

 the innocent blood that had been shed. This is in strong contrast 

 with his father, Increase Mather [43], who condemned the witch- 

 craft proceedings. 



It has been said that Locke's "whole life was a warfare against 

 the enemies of freedom in speculation, freedom in worship, and free- 

 dom from every unnecessary political restraint." While this is 

 hardly enough to identify his character with that of our military 

 men, it separates it from that of Confucius, whose sole aim was to 

 teach philosophy and morality. 



The case of Locke, however, is peculiar in that his mother 

 was more than nine years older than her husband, consequently if 

 his birth-rank be calculated from his mother, or from the mother 

 and father combined, he would not appear in this group at all. 



Of Helvetius [30] I have not been able to obtain enough in- 

 formation to warrant me in making any comment. His father, 

 however, has a birth-rank of 55. 



