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PREFACE. 



THE welcome accorded to " Science and the Faith "' 

 makes it unnecessary to apologize for the publica- 

 tion of a companion volume. If any such apology 

 were needed, it would be found in the fact that 

 Aubrey Moore had in his lifetime contemplated 

 such a sequel, and had set aside about half of the 

 papers contained in this volume for that purpose. 



It is more necessary to say a word in explanation 

 of the choice of the other papers and of their 

 arrangement. They may seem at first miscel- 

 laneous, and but slightly connected ; for they 

 represent Aubrey Moore's work as a reviewer, 

 as a lecturer (papers VII. and VIII. being notes of 

 lectures given in his course upon the Ethics of 

 Aristotle), and as a preacher (the two last having 

 been composed as University Sermons). The 

 arrangement passes from Natural Science through 

 Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy to more definite 

 Theology. But any who look beneath the surface 

 will find a striking unity underlying all. There is 



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