" THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY." 



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always borne in mind that "modern science ought, at any rate, to 

 have taught us one thing how to separate light from heat." 



"When the list of members and the character of the subjects dis- 

 cussed are considered, many will agree that it is matter for congratu- 

 lation, and a pleasant sign of the times, that such a society should have 

 lived its full life in London in entire harmony. It came to an end be- 

 cause, after twelve years of debating, there seemed little to be said 

 which had not already been repeated more than once. The members 

 were as follows : 



Mr. Tennyson. 



Mr. Gladstone. 



The Duke of Argyll. 



Dean Stanley. 



Archbishop Manning. 



The Bishop of St. David's. 



The Archbishop of York. 



Prof. Huxley. 



The Bishop of Peterborough. 



Prof. Tyndall. 



Mr. Frederic Harrison. 



Lord Selborne. 



Prof. Clifford. 



Father Dalgairns. 



Sir James Stephen. 



Dr. Ward. 



The Bishop of Gloucester and 



Bristol. 

 Dean Alford. 

 The Dean of St. Paul's. 

 Mr. Ruskin. 

 Mr. Froude. 

 Mr. Grant Duff. 

 Mr. Robert Lowe. 

 Rev. Prof. Maurice. 

 Rev. Prof. Pritchard. 

 Prof. Robertson. 

 Sir Alexander Grant. 

 Lord Arthur Russell. 

 Rev. Canon Barry. 



Rev. James Martineau. 



Prof. Seeley. 



Mr. Walter Bagehot. 



Sir John Lubbock. 



Rev. Mark Pattison. 



Dr. Carpenter. 



Prof. Lushington. 



Mr. Shadworth Hodgson. 



Dr. Andrew Clark. 



Mr. Leslie Stephen. 



Mr. John Morley. 



Sir William Gull. 



Dr. Gasquet. 



Prof. Fraser. 



Mr. George Grove. 



Rev. Dr. Mozley. 



Mr. James Hinton. 



Prof. Sylvester. 



Dr. Bucknill. 



Prof. St. George Mivart. 



Prof. Barnes Upton. 



Mr. Henry Sidgwick. 



Mr. R. H. Hutton. 



Rev. Robert Clarke. 



Mr. W. R. Greg. 



Mr. Matthew Boulton. 



Mr. Frederick Pollock. 



Dr. Acland. 



Hon. Roden Noel. 



Mr. James Knowles. 



Among our chairmen appointed annually, but sometimes serving 

 for two years successively were Sir John Lubbock, Cardinal Man- 

 ning, Professor Huxley, Mr. Gladstone, Dr. Ward, Dr. Martineau, 

 Lord Selborne, and Lord Arthur Russell. 



The character of the subjects brought forward may be gathered 

 from the titles of some of the papers, and, as the discussions were ab- 



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