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me to be in the wrong. And there is yet another 

 reason for objecting to be identified with either of 

 these sects; and that is that each is extremely 

 fond of attributing to the other, by way of re- 

 proach, conclusions which are the property of nei- 

 ther, though they infallibly flow from the logical 

 developments of the first principles of both. 

 Surely a prudent man is not to be reproached be- 

 cause he keeps clear of the squabbles of these 

 philosophical Bianchi and Neri, by refusing to 

 have anything to do with either? < 



I understand the main tenet of Materialism to 

 be that there is nothing in the universe but mat- 

 ter and force; and that all the phenomena of 

 nature are explicable by deduction from the prop- 

 erties assignable to these two primitive factors. 

 That great champion of Materialism whom Mr. 

 Lilly appears to consider to be an authority in 

 physical science, Dr. Biichner, embodies this ar- 

 ticle of faith on his title-page. Kraft und Stoff 

 — force and matter — are paraded as the Alpha 

 and Omega of existence. This I apprehend is the 

 fundamental article of the faith materialistic; and 

 whosoever does not hold it is condemned by the 

 more zealous of the persuasion (as I have some 

 reason to know) to the Inferno appointed for 

 fools or hypocrites. But all this I heartily dis- 

 believe; and at the risk of being charged with 

 wearisome repetition of an old story, I will briefly 

 give my reasons for persisting in my infidelity. 

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