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and nVhtino-s amono-st men. These arise from hu- 



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man enthusiasms and warmth of interest and feel- 

 ing 1 . But strife could cease only by the substitution 

 for these thing's of a cold utilitarianism, that is. of 



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death. I do not deny one ideal alternative ; that is, 

 the substitution of a real Christian enthusiasm. But 

 that, as applied to mankind in the mass, is Utopia- 

 nism in this world, whatever may be the case in 

 other planets, or at some very future day in this. 



Thus we see, that though we cannot understand 

 why the world and its contents are constituted as 

 they are, still, being' so constituted, the present mise- 

 ries could only cease to be, by others infinitely worse 

 taking* their place, even to the annihilation of orga- 

 nized life upon the globe. 



Now I have been much struck with the fact, that 

 all through Mr. Gamgee's 859 pages, the truth that 

 men have any power whatever towards preventing 

 disease either in themselves or animals, is altogether 

 ignored. I only observed one exception, where a 

 Dr. Rawitsch said, " the indolence of the Russian 

 " peasant is such that though he overworks his 

 " horses, he does not trouble himself at all about 

 " their feeding. It often happens that they die of 

 " starvation and want of food. Their carcases lie 

 u unburied." 



Vast numbers of evils are really under control of 

 men that are generally supposed not to be. For in- 

 stance, the destruction of life at Pompeii and Her- 

 culaneum. If men had used the intelligence God 



