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Maurice (F. D.) continued. 



for freedom, not chains ; for education, net suppression. He 

 has abstained from the use of philosophical terms, and has touched 

 on philosophical systems only when he fancied "they were inter' 

 fering with the rights and duties of wayfarers. n The Saturday 

 Review says: "We rise from them with detestation of all that is 

 selfish and mean, and with a living impression that there is such a 

 thing as goodness after all." 



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