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MILL, MRS., in what way did she acquire all the knowledge she possessed ? . 105 



MIRACLES, the nature of, 161, 162 



MONOGRAPHERS, White of Selborne on . . . . . . . .17 



MOORE, NORMAN, his high eulogium on Waterton not sustained by facts, 40, 42, 48, 49 

 His use of improper language when alluding to others, .... 48 



MORMONISM, the hold it has on its followers 53 



NATURALISTS should be guided mainly by facts in their researches, . . 16 



Generally men of humanity and intelligence, 18 



Closet, Waterton's antipathy to, 42, 44, 47 



NATURAL HISTORY, how researches should be conducted in, 3, 18, 28, 34, 36 

 Of man in his apostacy from God, #53 



NATURAL RELIGION, see Paganism. 



NOVELISTS, the general intellectual character of, 152 



OPOSSUM, peculiarities of the, . . . . . . . . .19 



OSTRICH, the, as described by Job, 23 



OWL, peculiarities of the, #93 



PAGANISM, the difficulty in converting a people from, 49 



The sacrifices of the Gentiles, the prayer of Plato, and the sacrifice of 



Socrates, 51 



Natural religion apparently the corruption of an original revelation, . 5 1 



Natural religion, as described by St. Paul, 51 



The difficulties attending the establishment of a religion, . . .52 



St. Paul taken for a god on two occasions, 52, 54 



The establishment of Mormonism, 53 



Human Nature capable of setting up a worship of its own, . . -53 

 And converting a revelation into a religion of nature, . . . 49, 53 

 Deification among the ancient Pagans, . . . . . . ^53 



The natural history of man in the matter of religion, .... #53 



The religion of the Athenians, 58, 79, 82 



Contrast between the claims of the priests of modern and ancient 



Rome, 59 



Cicero on an ancestral religion, 59, 60, 66 



Its foundation the authority of the priests and tradition, 59 



Paganism in some respects tolerant, 59 



Plutarch on the " agreeable things " connected with Paganism, . . 59 

 It could neither be attacked nor defended on the question of its ori- 

 gin, ......... 60, n6 1 



It rested entirely on " venerating the religion of its ancestors," . . 60 



It gave to Romanists most of their peculiarities, 61 



How it existed before and after the establishment of Christianity, . 62 

 The awe inspired by Pagan temples and religious groves, . . .65 



The worship of Diana of the Ephesians, 65 



The religions of ancient and modern Rome compared, .... 66 



PALL MALL GAZETTE, THE, on the Gipsies, ni6o 



PAN, Plato's prayer addressed to, 5 1 



