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age, and state on relations of sequence Ou the relation between our 

 perception of sequence, co-existence and difference, and their sensible 

 accompaniments Mr. Spencer s view as to nervous relations As to 

 the reality of an ontological order and nexus Mr. Spencer s confusion 

 of the intellect with the sensible occasions of its activity Mr. Lewes s 

 position Agrees with Mr. Spencer fundamentally Eecapitulation 

 Conclusion, that we may securely repose on the declarations of our 

 senses as to the existence and properties of external objects pp. 55 81 



CHAPTEE IV. 



LANGUAGE. 



&quot; Rational language is a bond of connexion between the mental and materia. 

 worlds which is absolutely peculiar to man.&quot; 



Language the bond between mind and matter Language emotional and 

 rational Rational language mental and bodily Different categories 

 of language External expression a necessary accompaniment of rational 

 animality Prevalent confusion on the subject Deaf mutes Mr. Tylor 

 on savages Sir John Lubbock Conclusion . . pp. 82 94 



CHAPTER V. 



DUTY AND PLEASURE. 



&quot; Perceptions of right and wrong, and of our power of choice, and consequent 

 responsibility, are universally diffused amongst mankind, and constitute an absolute 

 character separating man from all other animals.&quot; 



The existence of moral conceptions a fact of nature Are such conceptions 

 universal amongst mankind ? A definition of morality The distinctness 

 of the conception generally admitted Needful cautions Examples of 

 morality in savages Mr. Tylor and Sir John Lubbock Do moral 

 judgments contradict one another? The popular modern school im 

 plicitly denies morality Mr. John Stuart Mill s self-contradiction in 

 this matter The origin of the conception &quot; right &quot; Materially and 

 formally moral acts Mr. Darwin s view That moral perceptions are 

 simply the more enduring instincts Mr. Darwin s instances Mr. 

 Huxley s reply to Mr. Darwin s critics Free-will Mr. Herbert Spencer s 

 views Conclusion ....... pp. 95 127 



