576 Sectarian Morality contrasted with the [September, 
control of morality in the hands of interested seas.. Signs 
are not wanting now that it is high time for Science to 
speak out boldly, and not be afraid of holding the mirror up 
to fallacies, whatever their nature. It may be a reasonable 
inquiry whether the dread of Science is not a great arro- 
gance — just as if people constituted themselves self-appointed 
judges of what ought to be truth. 
Strange as it may seem, it is none the less unquestionably 
true that a popular idea widely prevails that, by giving the 
name “ religion ” to certain doarines, they become thereby 
privileged, or exempt from reasonable or independent criti- 
cism, — that these doarines are not fit for Science to deal 
with. It must be admitted (as perfealy self-evident) that, 
if this contention were valid, there would be nothing to pre- 
vent giving the name “ religion ” to what might prove un- 
consciously to be the most destruaive and pernicious errors 
which ever affliaed mankind, and thereby enthroning them 
as for ever exempt from the penetrating gaze of reason and 
of truth. We may perhaps recognise here without difficulty 
one cause for the indiscriminate use (or rather abuse) of the 
term “ religion,” as now applied to all kinds of doarines. 
They become thereby “ proteaed ” as sacred, — just as if 
truth needed sanaification, or were incapable of standing 
on its own merits. It is certain that if a system wants a 
foundation, neither sanaimonious language, music, nor ce- 
remonial will supply it, though unfortunately these may aa 
with greater force upon inexperienced minds than proof 
itself. Even the noble science of music may admit of being 
perverted to a wrong purpose. It must not be a matter for 
surprise, therefore, that when (after the long period of pro- 
teaion) the system is thrown under a rigid analysis, some 
startling incongruities may disclose themselves. 
My objea will be to demonstrate the two following pro- 
positions, which are seleaed as primary ones of such a 
definite charaaer as to avoid any possibility of entangle- 
ment The first proposition is, that the effect (discarding 
motives so as to ensure certainty) of the morality propa- 
gated by seas is invariably to secure the domination* of the 
leader of the sea (or his emissaries). The second proposi- 
tion is, that the conditions for determining this end must 
unavoidably (from a necessary property inherent in the 
conditions themselves, and apart from motives) be of such 
a charaaer as to set a premium on wrong-doing. In order 
to make this quite clear, it will be desirable to recapitulate 
briefly one or two points contained in a foot-note (page 450) 
* This first proposition has already been ably considered in some points by 
others. 
