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PAN would not have been a god under certain circumstances, . . . 1 1 1 



PHILOSOPHERS, the great things they are to accomplish according to Mill, . 81 



The want of common sense among many of them, .... 94 



PIG, the, a great enemy to snakes, 19 



How it fights the rattlesnake, . 19 



PLATO, his prayer to Pan, 5 1 



On future punishment, 78 



PLINY, the Consul, on the contemplation of death, 78 



PLUTARCH on the idea of kissing a Pagan emperor's foot, .... #54 



On the pleasant associations connected with the religion of Pagans, . 59 



On the existence of God, 79 



PONS ASINORUM, the, of the Gipsy question, 7*124 



PROTESTANTS, the religion of, n6o, 64 



The power they have to encounter in Romanism, 62 



PSALMIST, THE, on the mysteries of his being, 81 



QUAKERS, how they keep themselves distinct from others, . . . 162, 167 



QUINTILIAN on the existence of God, 79 



On the education of youth, 88 



On common sense, and premature intellectual efforts, .... 88 



RABBIT, the American, does not burrow, 20 



REES' CYCLOPAEDIA on the rattlesnake swallowing her young, ... 26 

 RITUALISTS in the English Church, . . . . . . .51, ^58 



ROEBUCK, Mill's quarrel with, 96 



ROMANISM : The natural adherence of mankind to the religion of their an- 

 cestors, 49 



Though springing from Christianity, a religion of corrupt human nature, 49 



The way in which it is taught by the Church and its priests, . . 49 



The difficulties of Romanists shaking off the system, .... 50 



In what it consists, 50 



The absolute belief and submission of its devotees, .... 50 



The dignity and power of the priesthood, 50 



Their worldly position, 51 



The miracles of the Apostles not attempted by the priests, . . -53 

 The fountain for the washing away of sins claimed by a priest, . -53 

 The scorn of St. Peter when refusing money to confer a Christian grace, 54 

 He commands people to pray to GOD for forgiveness, and raises Corne- 

 lius from the ground, 54 



Refusal of divine honours by St. Paul, .54 



The kissing of the Pope's foot, 54 



The worship of the "saints" and of their "relics," .... 54 



The foundation of the Church, . . 54 



Peter as a foundation, 54 



His character, 54 



The aversion of Romanists to hear the Greek Church mentioned, . . 55 

 The Pope should be required to "prove his pedigree" on a variety of 



subjects, 55 



