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among the sepulchral inscriptions of Christians, than among the in- 

 finitely more numerous sepulchral inscriptions of Pagans ; showing 

 clearly that this was an act of charity to which the early Christians 

 were much addicted, and the alumni^ when their foster-parents died, 

 very properly and naturally recorded upon their tombs this act of 

 charity, to which they were themselves so deeply indebted." I have 

 not compared, by counting, the number of instances of such inscrip- 

 tions, but I have reason to think, that the oppo^te opinion is true. Of 

 all the dated Christian epitaphs of Rome, in number between 1300 and 

 1400, I have not noticed one of an alumnus, and this is the only 

 example of a memorial to a foster-father. 



{To be continued.) 



SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON'S PHILOSOPHY 

 AN EXPOSITION AND CRITICISM. 



BY THE REV. J. CLARK MURRAY, 



PEOFESSOE OF LOGIC AND MOEAL PHILOSOPHY, QUEEN'S COLIE&E, KINGSTON. 



II. — Exposition of Hamilton's System. 



It is unnecessary to remind those who are acquainted with the 

 writings of Sir William Hamilton, that none of these contains the 

 complete exposition of a system, that they are all fragmentary contri- 

 butions to isolated departments of philosophy, or fragmentary discus- 

 sions of isolated philosophical problems. It is therefore but just to 

 mention that the following exposition is, so far as I am aware, the 

 first attempt to cast his separate opinions into systematic connection. 

 I have throughout adhered as strictly as possible to his own termin- 

 ology and phraseology, and I have given no statement as his which is 

 not authorized by a reference to some passage in his writings. As the 

 Lectures on Metaphysics suY>p\j most of the passages referred to, I 

 have, for brevity's sake, omitted the title of the Lectures ; and, there- 

 fore, when the contrary is not expressed, it is to be understood that 

 the figures within parentheses indicate the volume and page of that 

 work, in which the authorities are to be found. 



I haye only to say further that, in order to aid the exposition, I 



