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as, for instance, if we assume that the immortality of the soul is a 

 real postulate of practical reason, it must be so because the negative 

 of it would involve the irrationality of our world; and therefore a 

 degree of theoretic imperfection or confusion. Personally I believe 

 the lines here converge in such a way that the ideal of truth will 

 always be found to have practical value; and conversely, as to prac- 

 tical ideals, that a sound practical postulate will have weight in the 

 theoretic scales. And it is doubtless true, as Professor Royce urges 

 in his presidential address on The Eternal and The Practical, that 

 all judgments must find their final warrant at the Court of. the 

 Eternal where, so far as we can see, the theoretical and practical 

 coalesce into one. 



At the close of the work of this Section and upon the invitation of 

 Dr. Armstrong, a number of distinguished members in attendance 

 joined freely in the discussion, to the great pleasure of the many 

 specialists who were present. Among those participating were 

 Professor Boltzmann of Vienna, Professor Hoeffding of Copenhagen, 

 Professor Calkins of Wellesley, and Professor French of the Uni- 

 versity of Nebraska, to whom replies were made by the principal 

 speakers, Messrs. Taylor and Ormond. 



