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tion, not iii the name of theology, but in the name 

 of science ! 



Far be it from me to seek to belittle or discredit 

 the true Christian life of any man or woman, — the 

 life that conforms, however imperfectly, to the 

 example set by Jesus of Nazareth. 



What I urge is that the natural philosopher is 

 bound to consider such a life as not contingent upon 

 a certain belief, or the acceptance of certain dogmas, 

 or upon any one historical event, but that it has 

 been possible to man in all ages, and is more possi- 

 ble now than it was in the time of Socrates, only by 

 virtue of the force of the teachings and of the im- 

 mortal example of the founder of Christianity. 



To the impartial observer such a man as Julian 

 the Apostate appears as about the best Christian of 

 his time, although he utterly abjured Christianity, 

 and was a pagan to the last drop of his blood. To 

 be a Christian, in the higher sense, is to live a cer- 

 tain life, not to subscribe to a certain creed ; or, in 

 the words of Milton (though Milton would probably 

 have repudiated this application of his words), it is 

 to " dare to think, to speak, and to be that which 

 the highest wisdom has in every age taught to be 

 best." 



It may not be amiss for me to supplement or 

 qualify the foregoing pages with a page or two 

 which have a different bearing. In the first place, 

 let me say that I have not so much spoken for my- 

 self therein as I have spoken for that attitude of 



