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What he did say or imply was that all scientific, all 

 objective, truth comes through our logical faculties. 

 These are his words : " It is wrong for a man to 

 say that he is certain of the ohjective truth of any pro- 

 position unless he can produce evidence which logi- 

 cally justifies that certainty." 



In the outward objective world a fact is always a 

 fact. It is always pertinent to inquire into the truth 

 of any alleged occurrence. Did the sun stand still 

 for Joshua to conquer his enemies ? Is this a fact ? 

 If the sun stood still once it may stand still again. 

 Do miracles happen ? have they ever happened ? 

 Is there a personal devil ? Are we surrounded by 

 a multitude of good and bad spirits who are seeking 

 to influence our lives ? Any objective evidence of 

 the truth and reality of these things must hold good 

 at all times and in all places. Two and two always 

 make four, and doubtless always will. But when 

 we enter the region of morals, we are in a world 

 where all is plastic, indefinite, relative. Eight and 

 wrong are so only under certain conditions. It may 

 be right to lie and steal and miirder under certain 

 extraordinary circumstances. "The certainties of 

 the moral and spiritual realm " to which Dr. Abbott 

 refers, and upon which he says "all aesthetic, all 

 domestic, all political and national life are based," 

 are not outward demonstrable certainties, like those 

 of science, but inward personal certainties, which 

 involve our constitution and our temporary relations 

 to the universe and to each other. 



Dr. Abbott says he feels but a languid interest in 



