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hardly more defining value than such a word as 

 &quot; philosophical ; &quot; and whether a given set of opin 

 ions can be grouped under such rubric or not has 

 become a point hardly worth arguing. 



While mainly a personal narrative, this book 

 of &quot; Pilgrim Memories &quot; keeps certain ulterior 

 ends in view. The author has projected, and in 

 part executed, an extensive series of works to be 

 entitled &quot; The Modern Revolution,&quot; in which noth 

 ing less is aimed at than the establishment of a 

 new law of history, a new speculative basis for 

 religion, and a new point of departure for dra 

 matic art. The new law of history and the new 

 speculative basis for religion we are to seek in 

 the conception of historic development as &quot; a cer 

 tain Change, and Process of Change, in men s no 

 tions of the Causes of Change.&quot; One object of 

 the present volume is to show how this concep 

 tion took shape in the author s mind in the course 

 of his journeyings and discussions with Mr. 

 Buckle. By the Gulf of Ezion-Gebir, &quot; walking 

 or riding along a shell- and coral-covered strand : 

 on our right the sea, red with the coralline for 

 ests of its depths, and with a margin so bright 

 and clear that, as we rode, we saw all its gem- 

 like pavement ; on our left sandstone precipices 



of the most magnificently-varied hues,&quot; amid 

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