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instances are given, in these lectures, of those verbal tours de 

 force. 



We must now take leave of Dr. Dawson's lectures. They are 

 valuable contributions towards a harmony of the conflicting 

 claims of Science and Religion, and very suggestive and provoca- 

 tive of thought. We sincerely hope they will have an extensive 

 sale, for we are sure that they will tend to create a fairer mode 

 of treating the Bible than either savans or theologians usually 

 employ. What with the savans taking metaphors literally, and 

 the theologians taking objective statements metaphorically there 

 never was a book so unfairly treated. 



S. E. D. 



