introduce a few sentences from the letters of the lead 

 ing philosophers of this country in reference to my MS. 

 Divinity and the Cosmos.&quot; 



Professor William James, of Harvard University, 

 to Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman, of Columbia College. 



&quot;There is a spiritedness about his whole attempt, a classic 

 directness and simplicity in the style of most of it, and a bold 

 grandeur in his whole outlook, that give it a very high aesthetic 

 quality, reminding me forcibly of Spinoza himself, opposed as 

 are many of Silberstein s views to those of his great fore 

 runner.&quot; 



In his second letter to Prof. Seligman: 



&quot;There is really a grand style about his writing; quite a 

 native kinship to Spinoza.&quot; 



In a letter to me Prof. James states: 



&quot;Your style is wonderfully spirited and direct at times, your 

 attitude is noble and the simplicity of your outlook sublime. 

 You are really a first cousin of Spinoza, and if you had written 

 your system then, it is very likely that I might now be studying 

 it with students just as Spinoza s now is studied.&quot; 



Prof. Josiah Royce of Harvard: 



&quot;Your discussions, both of the history of philosophy and 

 of the fundamental metaphysical problems, show, even in their 

 fragmentariness, in the present MS., an acuteness and skill that 

 makes me wish that I could see in print your treatment of the 

 fundamental question of philosophy. In this region your peculiar 

 experience, your independence, your courage of conviction, 

 produce results which reveal you in a very interesting light.&quot; 



In a letter to me Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll says: 



c&amp;lt; I have looked over your MS. and sincerely hope that it 

 may be published. You wrote upon the most important and 

 most subtle themes that can occupy the mind of man, and I 

 know that what you have written would be read with pleasure 

 by thinking men, whether they would agree with your conclus 

 ions or not.&quot; 



