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ported weeds. The rabbit plague. The Albatross. - 

 Its soaring with motionless wings explained. The 

 Moa skeletons. Maori " carved houses."- - The sounds 

 or fiords on the southern coast. The southern con- 

 stellations. Unfavorable conclusions in regard to New 

 Zealand, agriculturally and financially. - 297 



THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION. 



A plea for a broader liberalism in Christian theology. The 

 critical comparison and contrast of the Christian with 

 the older religions of the world show it to be derivative 

 and not original. Consequently it has no right to ex- 

 clusiveness. The Greek philosophy of Socrates and 

 Plato taught the Trinity of Gods, the immortality of 

 the soul and the doctrine of future rewards and punish- 

 ments. The Yedas of the Brahmaiis were written a 

 thousand years before the Flood. Yet they tell the 

 stories of Adima and Heva, the first parents, and of 

 Chrishna the Redeemer of mankind, almost word for 

 word as they are related in the Bible. There were 

 religious sects in Egypt shortly before the Christian 

 era so closely resembling the Church of the New Tes- 

 tament that they could not be distinguished from it. 

 From all this it is argued that in all ages and nations 

 the man who has lived an upright and God-fearing life 

 according to the light that has been given him, is en- 

 titled to all the rewards that are promised to the faith- 

 ful. -321 



SKETCHES OF SEA-LIFE. 



The story of the author's first voyage " before the mast," in 

 the year 1847. It was in the new packet ship, St. 

 Denis, from New York to Havre in France. The trip 

 forth and back occupied about four months. It occur- 

 red in the writer's sophomore year at Yale College ; but 

 all examinations were afterwards passed and he grad- 

 uated with his Class in '49. - - - 335 



