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if I had ever adopted it; but suffering for a falling 

 cause, which one has done one's best to bring to the 

 ground, is a kind of martyrdom for which I have 

 no taste. In my opinion, the philosophical theory 

 which Mr. Lilly attributes to me — but which I 

 have over and over again disclaimed — is untenable 

 and destined to extinction; and I not unreasonably 

 demur to being counted among its defenders. 



After the manner of a mediaeval disputant, Mr. 

 Lilly posts up three theses, which, as he con- 

 ceives, embody the chief heresies propagated by 

 the late Professor Clifford, Mr. Herbert Spencer, 

 and myself. He says that we agree " (1) in put- 

 ting aside, as unverifiable, everything which the 

 senses cannot verify; (2) everything beyond the 

 bounds of physical science; (3) everything which 

 cannot be brought into a laboratory and dealt with 

 chemically " (p. 578). 



My lamented young friend Clifford, sweetest 

 of natures though keenest of disputants, is out of 

 reach of our little controversies, but his works 

 speak for him, and those who run may read a 

 refutation of Mr. Lilly's assertions in them. Mr. 

 Herbert Spencer, hitherto, has shown no lack 

 either of ability or of inclination to speak for 

 himself; and it would be a superfluity, not to say 

 an impertinence, on my part, to take up the cud- 

 gels for him. But, for myself, if my knowledge 

 of my own consciousness may be assumed to be 

 adequate (and I make not the least pretension to 



