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THE AGNOSTIC: 
a monthlyjournal of liberal thought. 
CONTENTS for JANUARY, 1885. 
The Confession of Agnosticism — (Introductory). By G. M. McC. 
Agnostic : An Acrostic By G. L.' Mackenzie. 
Herbert Spencer’s Philosophy : An Exposition By Ignotus. 
Is Agnosticism Philosophical ? By J. P. Gilmour. 
Agnosticism and Theism By W. B. Carpenter, LL.D. 
Reply to Dr. Carpenter By W. B. McTaggart. 
Sacred and Secular By Chailes Waffs'! 
Agnosticism v. Dogmatism By A. McDonnell. 
a.d. 2500 : Antipooean Agnosticism By W. Greatheed. 
Man : Whence and Whither ? By H.J.Hardwicke.F.R.C.S. 
Reformers By F. Sydney Morris. 
Shelley and Some Other Poets By Gregory Greymore. 
Notes and Scraps 
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