FOOTNOTES:
[256] "Moral Order and Progress," p. 292; Part I., this book, pp. 250, 251.
[257] "Moral Order and Progress," p. 287, etc.; Part I. p. 249, this book.
[258] "Moral Order and Progress," pp. 307, 312; Part I. pp. 250, 252, 253, this book.
[259] "Moral Order and Progress," Book I. Chap. II.; Part I. pp. 231, 232, this book.
[260] "Moral Order and Progress," p. 332.
[261] See "Die Entwicklungsgeschichte des Weltalls."
[262] "Moral Order and Progress," p. 270; Part I., this book, p. 247.
[263] On the theory of Weismann.
[264] "Human Progress, Past and Present," "The Arena" for Jan., 1892.
[265] "Ethik," p. 344.
[266] See Part I. p. 147.
[267] "The Science of Ethics," pp. 32-34.
[268] George Eliot, "Romola."
[269] Salter, "Ethical Religion."
[270] It is strange that even enlightened Christians often, without thinking, interpret the "Scriptures" referred to by Christ as if they, in some way, included the New Testament, which was not written till long after his death.
[271] "The Origin of Civilization," p. 373.
[272] Superstitious fears are often awakened in savage tribes, and among the ignorant of our own more advanced societies, by attempts at census-taking.
[273] Pike, "History of Crime," I. p. 405.
[274] Essays and Lectures, "The Influence upon Morality of a Decline in Religious Belief."