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      Y «!* iio « W » Ttdtiltf -tWicfcea ^ biiby < & *»> ' ** " »' tlle '"^^ mf of' »» fcri « b and - ^ 2 $ ^ S $ S £ M&wm %± : v »^ % && H ^ lto * «* & tttrtleWdepriv ^ r therein ; - * ad even tfceyKeart , have hved > Am ^« apeeAfWitlMy « tai * an torithe ^ d of the ooutear ,, Botttiwiave offered food-to ^ ogiy S ^ afld ^ fe ;^ the gw Oo ; th © , *»*> **» t ^ FJM ^^ W&od ^ awl ^ wJM ^ ttoi ^ jheirtfOTfar *© pick , up the ,, gwias » ^? w » ^ tih ^^ Qn ^ Mwastltioa thatr sn « k « awiU jwl diebefpr © »« iweV 5 their tenacity-pf Kfe ^^ ojgw ** that * h « . $ dve « d lM » 4 of * viper bit th ^ fewnftrGHaxas , several days a || ar i&s . decapitation * fiewely enough to expose lunvita iBerioafl danger- ' , - .: i . > ¦ . I * tfftfe otto * d ^ we hwacW'ed ^ iie'fotSavfc andiwtestines ftom a young tadpole , ' ttWfetftaH'ktfdptevioiraly treehculoff , an ^ altabtigh fie had beeadead soiriie rt ot tnetime

      quarter of an hour , anfl'lia'tf tteetf iihd&r the microscope ' £ a , yet on ftwicbfag ^ fte Spi nal'dhofd the ftttgtttaitr of an animal shran k and wwsirieu a » if notliitigTHia been done ^ 6 i « i' Those xwto * e «* artf motion as <^^^ OfiaeBS ^ oft ^ wai ' ieel ^ Bfe «* fed afrithe cruelty of all such experiments f ^ t ^ ej ^ may be reatssu * 6 d : jptfMt is a sensation 4 elfc apparently * only by the-higher Animals , and ^ n-with them many of th& expression * wel l known as characteristic of pain , are proved to be-produced" without ' any j » ainnt alL . 'Jf we see a man convulsively withdrafw aleg on the > application of Certain stimuli , we naturally" conclude heMs' felt great pair *; yet , iff some « ofldftionsrofthe ) nervau ? " * y ^ t 6 mV hje ' will ^ sure il * t ( hat he is riot cmly pet ^ f&H&f unconscious of' any tiaihy but' ithcoifstiioruM ' of nttVing made the coirvuf- &t okmik £ ] > j ; - j ^* : X \ f . - , ** .: !"' : ' '¦ . •; ' . ' : . T ; % . '; l \ t '"' ' '"? y ^" . ! ..... ' ... '

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      iit * Snfe J 2 ^ i ^<^ aj ^ afoW (^* fe » ApTil l ^ . eohttinrtiesSAttiiyMAKd GiftAin > ns's charming papers oW'Bto ^^ AtH % dn 4 llle ^ lti ^ lilny « i he appe ^ i > inOnsl ^ ettetir ; a pretty story also , by A . Ac « ATn ^« aU < ed : ! f MdHeV du < Rosier ^ is worth residing . - ; and R severe ^ but in many resptJCta welL > merited ^ criticism on the stylei in which Mofcx&Bfe is performed afe ttie The ^ tre-JPran ^ ais , ; should not be o ^ erl ^^ ed ^ - ^ nCT » VK Pis 4 » c » j ^ -heve ^^ feSBoi ! a > 4 br his anaenity , holds the pedagogic rate above the feeadis of the * ctbrs who ; while aeelarteg- they ar& the repo ^ itorJe 3 of tfce MottbKB tradifio ^ , Tievertfeeless -violate ^ he plain irii tj&txotL ^ &f' ^ oyxiKB-j as ^ e ' jo ^ d : ahci ^ i : ' '^^ c ^\ ly . vr ^ e ^' iabl ^ 'ia his | t ^ i ^ on tie ina ^ neV in Wnjbli Jdrpplfi ti f iai iibncelved and , representecl , ^ jiiely ^ ^ one ytQ . i ^ ftWare of hfe ow ^ . si ^ surdity , and ^ laug hs witti ,, the p f ^ j » t'hjg pw ) u ' r | ai ^^ sinefiniy , * s tb ^ > es £ ttmg sin . ofJtb&Ai&ge ; , - $ ewiactor ^ can briflg : $ i $ m& £ Y $% iU > ifee , the character ; the ^ re ? present—especially when that character is ridiculous . They like ; to have th . eir , sb ^ re of thfi lajogljiteri t / & i £ . ^ jpforra . tb $ ^ dienpej that in their own tfoWt& jtffjja ^ n ! 't . '; :. ;; . . v :: . ' . ¦ - - ¦¦ . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦> •' .. ¦ tgn ^' i i iuiii r ;> , niTifit i ; ci 'OiM' ^^ : . > - .: ¦!/ .: ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦

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      Q ^ fctr ^ f ^ ay ^ Qon ^ but ^ d br Memj ^ ers ^ the < Jai , ver 3 ity , 1856 . :, . .. . ,.- : ,.. ,,. •> rf » iir-odli ^^' - 'i ii -i 'ti * ' " u i- - ' - - ^ ' :- ;; \ -x [ . ¦ ¦ ' Tl ¦ v ^^^ ^ —^" SH ^ i ? JU >; t ] be 8 e , Qgford- , $ & ^ jGQ 9 *\ 1 weL (* Sc tpeyjhave be ^ on . ^ he ^ will tor . rp ,, * valuable collection ; and we think the editor is very judicious in selecting topics of permament rather _ . than oiluninediate interest . Many thoughtful men will consider it a great boon to be able to publish an essay on a subject , and not be forced to expandHhkil ^ ssayih ^ a ¥ 5 l < ime . '^ Published separately , Hn j 6 SSay * f i fifty ^ pages meBte-w } tb \ 8 m «[ l 'attention , and is , by the very nature of j tne « ase ; neglfcteted among pamphlets ; but if bound up in a volumfe , the ej 8 ay jha > gii «* trpublicityitOBtart ! witii , iand > is always accessible hereafter .- . - : v JLietMs sjupposoiy foti'is ^ landa , thatc > Brbf <^ s 6 rciMaacrMi ^ l ^ ef-had printed th * £ Ttosiyan [ fi ( mp hrativ 6 'A& / tAtiIogy i& a separate forina . - It would not bave been los » valuable , it wonld tiot have been read ; with less eagerness ,. but it would

      haVe reachedJita audiences with great difficulty and after much expense , and having reached ithei » t would have rnn-iiUithoaei risks of being miaJaid which bj » g fi »^ lly overupanmUe ^ i andj . thin . dssays . « . It is a production , which no okuirwwa ^ Jiwiilingl y . suffer to > he . 'hqddledi ) among I heap * of' / neglected 1 papers . Ijbia sbmfething 7 ( to be < pinzed ^ and * indited on shelve ^ of- honour .- But ^ after all «> ii pktapnlek ( o £ teight x . pagea *» iW > 'get'imiblaia , will ielip ' between ! rthioker ptetennonsf aid £ aH tiown < ibeWind ; < luorev ponderous claiirisl ¦ - In' the * Oxford E 3 S 0 gr * < it » utfs no » iichsislD ^ : i ^ hexiB Ji £ & i 9 ! Bectar ^ tdf > ah adttessib leposition . . oiH fi « erj « saii { y , lincheTi jin kh » wle ( ige > and irtttknught , weiknow-not wiiere to finAJf j iErofe 8 Bt > rMM ^^ r >'> < »¦¦ pmmrmnwn > ilanipning > ; aft ieaipried ) lightly ) and with ' uiaataryyt ^ iTingiiftbmentuin to . liis intellect not impeding » it > j > Although ¦ ¦ no man io *« ild ^ « deq ( Ufttelyitkieat / suohia subject sa . Oenvpttratitm ' Mkfthoioffy without fflcttnfc ileamincu rihHological vahd > i philoaophioal , it > ia ; unhappily but too well

      known hoW frequently th » leiitning teKists withbdt the oapadity to widld it : ~ Wd hame > gToaiied < tinder bo- jnany ¦ erudite > Oernsans , that to meet with orie like FrofessoriMiiUer y , whd isias ^ 'Oaiay ' umder his load'as if his-iloud'Were no h ^ iid ^ itlwniA ^ i ^ nchinan ' fljiarid ' at . ttioaamioitimc S » more ert | dite than'the daUefitbf Germans , is , to use ^ ua ^ expresmon coniaearatedi by rcviowei's , . quite r-ciresliinff . 1 ' ^ . ' ) . ri'l - v . ¦»* i "<; ¦ r * ¦(¦;• ' !• . ¦¦ ' » *¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦! : ¦ ¦ > f . ) . '• • ' ; ¦ ''; ^ u- .-i . ' .. , ¦ > / . ( Wha *! wit ) wiiidf givoa life and ; keen interkjstfto- theati ^ dy of antiquity ^~ wjmfctooiiiBeisfincm / Jinibasy ' and sad < time 8 like'thlesG ^ to ' sacrifico'leisure aind lsroilabariaaajd ^ ys'tntho attempt' to read the'dark tr « d «*» onsdf humanity , ' oven ; afc ( written in ; t *» e-ffraceftiLbdtntterly'foreign legend ^ of the oklimytho * - logieahi Witik i ) hitijquestioni £ n > ie 09 OT'Muller anrrcsts the reader whoiihntvipg thought little of my Oology , ' JlmiAiit ' be Jtptoto dia ^ e ^ artl ' . it nar , unihiportartt . ; fhiai answer , is , 'uthiit to » know ; w £ n 4 > . ihan >< i « wo ' ' 6 ughfc tfa know' what man' nas

      ImAuI ^• 4 nT / Bh ^ rBiol 6 fanr < vf © iiaroftaq ' longed coatentl with " the ifulkstatured ama > al >^ j « mi « cek > iin > £ raAH 7 plogy' < o learn what h jid wnsi , and by whftttevoWi t )^( tB *^ ob « eainiei ifr h ( Ui he isy < t Int Sociology > w « are n 6 t con tent t * tuko meri « iltn ^ ijii ^ fbuit (> i ] MiBft >> lQ | ma U 4 r 6 ugh ( Hidtqiyrthei ^ volntione by which they > h » nna » rtwrfi < d >/ iktigip ] neteDtt ^ dohditio ^ i il 1 ., x '_ - > n > il ' 't ) r (> . < u , : t ,., 'i . i . i'iiw , in > i :: > . ( t ^ Iw «^ t « M > tL |^ J » 0 c ^ t <^ b | Mi « H « aftftef'M » j « ee « lf pliHcMo ^ li ^ 5 » thftt ihon shitald kabw U « laal ^ 'm [ 8 ^(> uldtliaMlv ) o 4 kMld « e hU > iu ^ ulii « tfi « iT 4 ivln 0 ' « C thli ikiowJcdge etdd ^ rt *^ t ^ dtM ^ thlwn nirfc I > flO » { liiacMlUnd ( teapi « lMi -pTO ^ femiBimfcl y ( ftha : iridivtdi »* l , Aho human > H ^ ilV H « llfiil < nM ^ MilMI 9 ^ « a hs might have said , « n Idea , realized in and through an ondleaa variety of human aouls . He Is ever seeking to solve the mystery of human naturo by brooding over hie own mind , by watching the secret workings of the soul , by analyzing the organs of

      knowledge , 'bild-by tarying >? to ; deteianiaie ithehrvptcpeif limits ^ l result of his i Jhih > 5 pphyirr « 8 r thatheknewiUut one thing ; andtbia was ; that he knew no * thingv -T 6 us , oUani is- do longer this : solitary . being , complete , in itself , and self-suffix Oieot ^< jnan to . ua is * brother ^ among ; byothen ^ » member of arplass , ot . a . genus ,, or a bind ; « nd Jthfieefore intelligible only witfc Srefetsnce to bia « qu * I& . The earth was , an . intelligible ! -to the antaientSfibecKuse lookod « poa as ai solitary being , without a peer in the whale universe ; ¦ but- 'it assumed ¦ a now andi tirue significaiice as soon aa it rose before ifie « y £ of man asone bf many planets * iaUigoVerBediby the : same laws , and all revolving-around' theieame centrej > It is the ; iajne > with theJuitaansoal v and its nature stands berora oujc mmd ; m < j « Ue * : difierant light ainoe . mamj has been . taught to know and feel aunself asa member of one great famifyii- ~ aB one ofi the myriads of wander > ing startj alii governed by Hie same laws , and all revolving around the same centre , The of theworld

      and alls deriving their « ght ? foonvthe same sourcej ; > liistoryr ; , or , as it is calledi ' Universal History / has-laid ^^ joparimewi wvenuesi o ^ thought , and it has en * riched > our language with . »» wotd wnicknev « B ; pas 8 e « l . th * - lips-of Socrates , or Plata , or Aristotle- * Mhan **» nrf . ¦> Where the Greek-sa . Tr barbariaiM , we see brethren ; where the Greek saW heroes and demi-gods , we see our parents and aHcestors ; where the Greek saw nations- ( S 0 tf ?) , we see mankind , toiling and ' suffering , separated "by oceans , divided bv langttagei ^ atiid ^ Severed by national eimiitiy ,- ^ -y « t evermore tending , under a divine control , WWardS the' fulfilment of that- inscnitab'le toUrpose for which the world was created , and man placed in it ,- beating tfie image ) of Godl History , therefore , wirnits dusty and motdderin ^ pages , ia to us as sacred a Volume as the book of naturei 7 - ¦ " - ¦ ¦ ' '; - - ' ' -: « .. '" ' . ' t ¦ :. . .,.,. ¦ ,,, ¦ . Im k > ,.-. ; - ; - 1 a happV illustratibn i » f 6 ifesscfr Mmfef etifb ^ es . this view , ; - ;

      The history of those distant ages and distant men—apparently so foreign to our modern interests , —assumes a new charm ay ^ oonraywerfcnow that it tells us the story of our own race , of our own family T ^ ay , of ojjr own J ^ vjes . Sometimes , when opening a desk which we have nqt opened for ' many years , —when looking over letters which we have notTead for' lid ' any years , we reS £ d ria ^ for jiometfme . with a cold indifference , - and thdugh we see it is our town handwriting , and : though : we meet with names once familiar to , our heart , yet we can hardly Relieve that we wrote these letters , that we felt . those paSgsJi tihat . we , ehare 4 in those . v d « lights , ; till at Jast thp past draws near an 4 w ^ draw nea * to the pasfcrand . Qu ^ . ^ eart grows warm ,, and we feel again as we felt of eld , and . we know . tb . at tbe ^ e le ^ tte ^ . Were our letters . It . is the same urreadmg anqient kistory : at , ' first , ii 1 ( seenM ; , son ^ e ^ ng , strap « e j and foreign ; , but the more intensely W react ^ ej more 6 ur thougKis are engaged and our feelings warmed ; and tne history of tnbse ; ancient men' ibe ' cSmes , as it were , our own nistbry , —their sufferings oar sutorfngsV-i-their joys oti / 'jdyi '' ^ Wi&Out this ¦ sympathy , history is a dead letter , arid might as weUiw ^ unit and rb r ^ otten ^ whUe , if it is once enlivened by this feeling , it appeals not only to the antiquarian , but to the heart of every man .

      We cannot follow the writer through hFs admirable eiamination , plnlotegidarahd pshilosoplncal , of the ^ various mythologies , nor will we damage the efllet'bf' hi ^ inch afltt ' often poetical ^ treatment py a dry abstract . Let the rea'aai ^ e it'th 1 e : Essky , and , Wtariet , study , ppsseas'hiinyelf of its details . ^ AawWlft ' aisSin ! gnpwfe'dgc ; and m writings % . Montague Bernard's Essay on . ^ f ? - Gj-Qwth of Law and Usages pf W * r * a ; subject which has its apropos just now , but which wiU preserve , itsf in ^ ej-est ^ hrpUgh the pro - foun 4 est periods , pf peace . It trapes in clear masterly outlines the gradual intervention of tlie moral elements" in warfare ; and tins juxtaposition of social instincts with instincts so anti-social as those called out by war , is very piquant' ahdinsitfructrve . TvLr . George Butler gives ah account of the fypfi&tXtrjiwnys . at . Oxford ^ h ^> % . « H 3 >» " 3 ^?^ V ^ ' lia % d ^ Corinor " ifewS tcefrts p ? ., tSa ' tifni ' fasten ' M lt ? te $# - «* & < - Temple of tf 4 Uo ^ . $ dwcfiwn » lmWb ' . & > . J-- * W »<^ wi ? HW ^ ^« Wf » * --b « t as we have not foutid leisure to- read ^ ese papers , we . must , content ourselves with

      the announcement . . AT The last Essay is by Mr . Goldwin Smith , in the form of a review of Mr . Congreve ' s Roman Empire of the . W , e&U , whifth has roused so much dis-U f |^'>^ ptly ,, 0 TOuriB 4 u tp , aW . ' jidvance&M ^ . $ & $£ x * fl ^ orifl t B ^ ool of phUa nthrppiste t ^ at- under free institutions , it is / necessary ; occtwiona ^ y . tp ,, defer to the ppinions of other people , and that as other . ' peopte are obviously in the wrong , this is a great ; hindrance to the . iiflpr , qTement of . < xurj » oUtical system and . the progress of . the spwiea ,,, TJi ^ y therpfore jpropose , fpr , the checks and responajbUities of ; a . constitutional system , to substitute , an autocracy , wU | i np checks except those which may ,, be imposea pu the autocrat by-his .. own sense of the eterpa * ntnes ^ of ^ ing » t . and np responsibMity , except tp the judgment of profes ^ prs of the , political . science , for tb « safety of -whose heads , wh « a ; tbp aAYflrae ; verdi ^ t 9 f . scienqe shall -jh » v . o . been , pronounced , no ^ adequate provision has yet been made . .. To . « M 3 i » ,., the , ascondancyof . reason , w politics , the autocrat is to be elected through a process not yet determined on , by Jhe uneducated nart of the nation : and to purifv government from class influences and antipathies . he is to oi

      and inaugurate the fraternity-df ' ^ nenV repVedenrthb ltlterests and feelings the loMrclasses against the upper . In ourtitbe ' a ' nd country probably the fulnluient of this thedry would'haWratsea Mr . Peatgus O'eonnpr to the ^ hronc / , or rather to the altar raWT'the first' meiasure of that eittinfeht leader of fHe proletariat would most likely have been -to dreate ' * fe " w dozen dufc ^ s f his second , to take off the heads of writers of Roman history attd editors of Greeie i classics , ajcobviously useless to a proletariat republic ; founded oti the brgarifiation of labpur . This bright hope of a deiuagogictyrariny'for''tile fu ' tu + e , with which' ! Mr . Corigriive feels a cialtivated sympathy , has nPt failed to throw brick itfc light upon the past , and in the clear and interesting resume of the history' of the Empire before us , it gilds the cruelties' of Caligula , tno extortions of Cafacafla , and even the brow ofl ^ ibbriijis . , This ppehW passagp eijpti < iij ; iy enoiigii ind ^ c ^ s ' ( he tone of the whole ^ ssay ; and ijl as we canaftWd the space , we must , give one more extract from Mr- Godwin , Smith ' s , paper , in . which ha protests -against modern Grosarismc—T ^ -.,,,,- ,,. ¦ - \ „ u ¦ .- ¦ . • - ¦ , ;• :-. . ' ¦ ' _ , X ^(* UpftA *» J ? # JIJI ¦• -r-l ¦ ' ¦ , |/| - lr • /( 1 I > ¦ ¦ i - ¦ ' 1

      ,, : Whafc were /; tb . e . a <* u » l me « sur « s of Owsar when he had obtained supreme power ona had , carte ftfomrte . for * hoi regeneration of , the ,, unlvow >? He-very properly introduces a p triot aystwu . ot . ciriqunfti ! Jaw , among ihiaJQld ,, fe # uwrrfotf ! rvand , as we have saw , dpckedthoip largHassesan ^ prtt down . thew olubtt .. i , He jreformed the Calendar , —* usenil ? Kork * whiqh } be doapot ordered andi , * ho aationomcm- performed . He project ^ * oodvOcaOoP af . -AbQilaw , which iC « o « ro seems to hava projected . « i « v--ju 8 t as tho t / onyenMon , tefti tU »> Cp < fcJVapo 6 f < i >» .. i » their ,. bureau ... Heiplaoned aevwrAl great puous -wojckfi , wliicfe reqmrns . noesca ; tie % rt of genius on tho . p « rt ot any one who ha » an jm-Um | te 4 ' « Mnm » i » iap « ;) Pttbliwm <»(( i « yt ) , ja « jihow «< l * i , lil > erftl taate . by opening ai p »^ libN « y * TTTit , mw * ito *» t # f » Uch „ ^ 0 HlUvi had « atioipa * o ^ mud : perhaps ^ xceedeUT » y c f . cwAwff rWjifcho , m » UUcj hwio ^ n . i . * I # , fori »« 4 ( * « Qh « TO « for ; , roatoriag O * r « i » go aw Covi ^ lfe Vy ^ w ^ porafl ^/ inJU abJfcant * to Hwro ^ mhicKlwould ^ rhftpB ha-v e be « n mon O T atifyiog , t « iI * hfl , l ^ s ( i « ri «| il sebfctaiAnttlif * .. ^ UBftuftamn ^ a geoas tojtho persons w ^ A 0 OITted , II * jr « mUt « d <» l pprtU > n «« f *« t ^ b | s ^ wl »« l ) 5 4 >« rtwp »< AuiiWUhoufc jwf * "" effort or expense than it costs a medieaval kins : to remit , for the sake of Ood , i »« debts which his subjects owed the Jews . His attempts to revive and enforce the censorship of morals and the sumptuary laws wore in tho narrowest and moat pedtuui

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 448, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/16/