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OverviewPREFACE. AT thc reqoest of my Publishers, strengthened by the exy rcsresscd desire of many Corrc spondents, I reprint, with u few slight alterations, this Adchess. It was mitten under some disadvantages this year in t, he Alps, and sent by instalments to the printer. When read subsequently it prored too long for its purpose, and several d its passages were accordiilgly struck o S t o . m e of them are here restored. It has provokeci an unexpecteci amount of criticism. This, in duc time, will subside and I confidently look forward to a calmer fizture for a verdict, fo tnded n ot on imaginary sins, but on the real facts of the case. Of the n lrnberleas s trictures and nccusat. ions, some of them exceeding fierce, of which I have bccn, ancl con tinue to be, the olqjcct, I refrain from spcaking at any length. To onc or two of them, however, out of respect fur their sources, I would ask pernission briefly to refer. An oveniilg paper of the first rank, after the ascrip tion of various more or less questionable aims all motives, pro cecds to thc ilnpot ction, that I penl ittetlt he clleers of my nudicncc to c stimulate mc to tIlc utterance of vorcls which no right-minded man, witlluut it jerl c of the gravest responsibility, could employ. I tipust the author of this charge will allow me in all courtesy to assure him that the words ascribed by him to the spur of the uoinent were written in Switzerlnnd that they stood in tlzc printed copy of the Address from which I read that they evoked no cheers, but a silencc far more i npressivc tllan cheers and tlxtt, finally, as regards both approhation nnd the reverse, my course had beer1 thought over and decided Xorlg before I veiitured to address aBclfast audience. A writer in n most able theological journal rcl rcscnts, me as patting rcligion on the back. The tllougllt of doing so is certaillly his, not mine. The facts of religious feeling are to me as ccrtain au the fzcts of pIiysics. But the world, I hold, mill have to distiuguisli between thc feeling and its forms, and to vary thc latter in accordance with the intellectual condition of t, he age. I am un villing to dwell upon statements ascribcc1 to eminent I-ncn, which may be imperfectly reported in the ncwspapcrs, ancl I thcrcfore pass over a recent ser nion attributed to the Bishop of Manchester with thc ren ark, that one en3aged so much as he is in busy and, I doubt not on the whole, beneficent outward lifo, is not likely to be among the earliest to clisceril the more irlmard aid spiritual signs of the tiines, or to prcput for the conditioii l-hicl t l h ey foreshadow. I11 n rccent speech at Dctvsbury, the Dean of Man- ester is reported to h a e ex presscc1 himself thus - Thc Professor 113yself ended R inost reim rl nbl n e il . c l eloquent speccli by terming llimself n mntcrinl Atheist... Full Product DetailsAuthor: John TyndallPublisher: Kessinger Publishing Co Imprint: Kessinger Publishing Co Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.250kg ISBN: 9781436760331ISBN 10: 143676033 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 29 June 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |