﻿OPINIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRESS. 
  

  

  Pall 
  Mall 
  Gazette. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  formal 
  attempt 
  that 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   entangle 
  the 
  web 
  of 
  perplexity, 
  suspicion, 
  and 
  doubt 
  in 
  which 
  

   many 
  religious 
  minds 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  are 
  involved, 
  through 
  the 
  

   confusion 
  of 
  thought 
  and 
  phraseology 
  from 
  which 
  few 
  writings 
  

   on 
  scientific 
  matters 
  are 
  free. 
  The 
  aim 
  is 
  lofty, 
  and 
  requires 
  

   not 
  only 
  a 
  thorough 
  familiarity 
  with 
  metaphysical 
  and 
  scientific 
  

   subjects, 
  but 
  a 
  breadth 
  of 
  thought, 
  a 
  freedom 
  from 
  prejudice, 
  

   a 
  general 
  versatility 
  and 
  sympathetic 
  quality 
  of 
  mind, 
  and 
  a 
  

   power 
  of 
  clear 
  exposition 
  rare 
  in 
  all 
  ages 
  and 
  all 
  countries. 
  

   We 
  have 
  no 
  hesitation 
  in 
  expressing 
  an 
  opinion 
  that 
  all 
  these 
  

   qualifications 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  recognised 
  in 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Argyll, 
  

   and 
  that 
  his 
  book 
  is 
  as 
  unanswerable 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  attractive. 
  " 
  

  

  Spectator. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  in 
  its 
  way 
  a 
  masterly 
  book 
  — 
  not 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  many 
  

   ideas, 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  ably 
  and 
  powerfully 
  put, 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  

   who 
  has^ 
  a 
  real 
  and 
  accurate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  many 
  departments 
  

   of 
  natural 
  history. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  from 
  any 
  Cabinet 
  Minister 
  

   of 
  standing 
  on 
  the 
  philosophy 
  of 
  science, 
  and 
  it 
  shows, 
  we 
  

   think, 
  almost 
  as 
  large 
  a 
  power 
  of 
  thought 
  and 
  as 
  strong 
  a 
  

   judgment 
  within 
  its 
  sphere 
  as 
  any 
  of 
  Sir 
  Cornewall 
  Lewis's 
  

   books, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  many 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gladstone's. 
  Nothing 
  can 
  

   be 
  abler 
  than 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Argyll 
  disentangles 
  

   and 
  illustrates 
  the 
  various 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  ' 
  Law 
  ' 
  in 
  its 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  sense, 
  and 
  shows 
  how 
  much 
  it 
  really 
  mearis, 
  what 
  false 
  

  

  