THE SIX GATEWAYS OF KNOWLEDGE. 



[Presidential Address to the Birmingham and Midland 

 Institide, delivered in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on 

 October yd, 1883.] 



THE title of the subject upon which I am going 

 to speak this evening, might be if I were asked 

 to give it a title "The Six Gateways of Know- 

 ledge." I feel that the subject I am about to bring 

 before you, is closely connected with the studies 

 for which the several prizes have been given. The 

 question I will ask you to think of is : What are 

 the means by which the human mind acquires 

 knowledge of external matter ? 



John Bunyan likens the human soul to a 

 citadel on a hill, self contained, having no means 

 of communication with the outer world, except by 

 five gates^-Eye Gate, Ear Gate, Mouth Gate, 



