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The following abstract from the preface to the first 

 shows the aim of the book. 



"Forgetful of the splendid example shown by intellectual giants 

 like Newton and Faraday, and aghast at the materialistic statements 

 now-a-days freely made (often professedly in the name of science), 

 the orthodox in religion are in somewhat evil case. 



"As a natural consequence of their too hastily reached conclu- 

 sion that modern science is incompatible with Christian doctrine, 

 not a few of them have raised an outcry against science itself This 

 result is doubly to be deplored, for there cannot be a doubt that it 

 is calculated to do mischief not merely to science but to religion. 



"Our object, in the present work, is to endeavour to show that 

 the presumed incompatibility of science and religion does not exist. 

 This, indeed, ought to be self-evident to all who believe that the 

 Creator of the universe is Himself the Author of Revelation. But 

 it is strangely impressive to note how very little often suffices to 

 alarm even the firmest of human faith." 



Balfour Stewart was an active member — at one time the 

 President — of the Psychical Society ; believing that every 

 subject must gain by an impartial and philosophical inquiry, 

 and that no subject is beneath the attention of scientific men. 



He received the Rumford medal of the Royal Society 

 in 1868. At the time of his death he was President of the 

 Physical Society of London, and of the Manchester Literary 

 and Philosophical Society. 



The following list of papers published by Balfour Stewart 

 does not pretend to be quite complete, but it is believed that 

 none of his more important contributions have been omitted. 



List of Papers by Prof. Balfour Stewart. 



1. On certain laws observed in the mutual action of sulphuric acid 



and water. Brit. Ass. Rep.^ 1855. Edinb. Roy. Soc. Proc. 

 III., 1857. 



2. On the adaptation of the eye to the nature of the rays which 



emanate from bodies. Victoria Trans. Phil. Soc. I., 1855. 

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