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fairly to deal with the arguments of both. He is, moreover, 

 perfectly successful in the maintenance of a judicial feeling ; 

 he conceals no fact of science, he surrenders no fact of revelation. 

 He believes in the teachings of science as the true exposition 

 of the material world; he accepts the teachings of revela- 

 tion as the true exposition of the moral world ; and if he has 

 not always succeeded in establishing the harmony which he 

 seeks, it is because of imperfect demonstration, and not by 

 unjustifiable surrender on either side. The volume is full of 

 vigorous thinking, and most successfully mediates between 

 science and theology." 



Westminster Eeview. 



"A really valuable contribution to science, and conciliatory 

 in the best sense of the term." 



The London Keview. 



" 'The Reign of Law' bears the stamp of original thought, 

 of accurate acquaintance with the most advanced science, and 

 of a not unsuccessful intrepidity in combating the positions of 

 Darwin, Comte, and Mill. Nor is the statesman lost in the 

 philosopher : the closing chapter on Law in Politics entitles its 

 noble author to a very high place among the philosophical 

 politicians of the day. Difficult questions such, e.g., as the 

 principle of combination of labour, are not only discussed 

 with more than judicial impartiality, but their functions and 



