55 § 
Correspondence. 
[September, 
The Hylo-Idealistic theory, could it even be made clear in its 
proofs as the light of day, would never answer the needs ot a 
civilised, or of even a savage, community. The who.e system 
would be regulated by the rule of thumb; those who were 
strongest and most rapacious would take all. There have been 
many & Utopias, not one of which has answered the requirements 
of reality. Even Communism — tried by the Early Christians, 
and proved by them to be an utter failure— could not exist. 
It has always struck me as a curious faCt that women, when 
disappointed in their true mission (I shall not say any more about 
Iao-o’s conclusions), generally take to extreme theological rituals 
or & discipline, usually as devout collaborateurs with sucking 
bishops, — i.e., with acute mental saintly curates, who all think 
they carry a mitre in their knapsack,— but C. N. or C. A. seems 
to have taken the other tack, and worships the inert instead of 
the ideal and the aCtive. Poor Lady ; be she maid, wife, or 
widow I wish for her more wholesome idiosyncracy, and that 
she may arrive at the conclusion that animals are something 
more than automata ; that in the construction of worlds and 
natural phenomena there were other elements than chance ; that 
the things of sense are of stable consistency (phenomenal ob- 
ieCts) and are something more than the creation of human 
brains ; and that the brain itself is but an animal prod udt pro- 
gressing with animal development, and that it, in facft, is but an 
engine of a manifestation instead of the creator of its own 
manifestation. , . . , , 
In conclusion I would say my objeCt was not to wound 
feelings, but to show up absurdities depicted as truths, and to 
expose the crude philosophisings intended as expositions. It is 
quite true that no real thinker or searcher for truth would have 
been misled by the rhapsodies ; but unhappily in our world of 
men there are few real thinkers or true searchers for truth. The 
rabble i.e., the unthinkers, caught by the glare of words and 
possible advantages— accept the most absurd hypotheses for 
for veritable truth, and are easily misled, as we daily experience 
in the rabble teachings of the times. Hylo-Idealism is one thing, 
but the intelligent conception of things as they be is quite 
another> S. Billing. 
HEALTH EXHIBITION NOTES. 
In your notes on the above mention is made of the use of a 
mixture of lead and tin for tinning brass and copper vessels. 
The quantity of tin necessary for this is so exceedingly small 
