Index.
Academic freedom not without dangers, [39].
Adams, H. C., quoted, [25].
Alphabet, phonetic, table of, [150];
reading according to, [151] sq.
Amyot, quoted, [131].
Analogies, false, in comparative theology, [98] sq.
Anaxagoras, quoted, [56].
Anglo-Saxon names for the days of the week, [118].
Apostles, The, read the Veda, [127].
Archbishops have no official position in English universities, [8].
Aristotle, disrespectful remarks about, [38];
quoted, [56].
Babylonian system of dividing gold and silver still found in the English sovereign, [19];
of reckoning time found on the dial-plates of our clocks, [19].
Beveridge, Bishop, quoted, [30].
Bochart, quoted, [98].
Brackett, A. C., quoted, [88].
Budha, day of, [121].
-- and Buddha, distinction between, [115], [119].
Buddha, a personal and historical character, [122];
repetition of his name meritorious, [235].
Buddhism, when recognized in China, [191] sq.;
Japan converted to, [213];
and Scandinavian mythology, connection between, [113] sq., [122].
Buhler, Dr., quoted, [208].
Burnouf, quoted, [112].
Cassius, Dio, quoted, [118].
Chinese translators of Sanskrit texts, [189].
Christian religion, historical and individual, [62].
Cicero, quoted, [72].
Clement of Alexandria, quoted, [58], [61].
Clodd, E., quoted, [84].
Coincidences between Jewish and Pagan religious, [98] sq.
Colbourne, Wm., quoted, [153].
Counting possible without language, [67].
Daphne, meaning of, [82].
Davids Rhys, quoted, [16].
Dictionaries, value of, [17].
Dogmatic teaching, evil of, [31].
Donar, [120].
Du Bois-Reymond, quoted, [9].
Duhitar, a Sanskrit word for daughter, [17].
Dyaus, [121].
Edkins, Dr., quoted, [205].
Education, academic, [28];
elementary, [23];
scholastic, [24];
in the beginning purely dogmatic, [22];
compulsory, mark of a new era, [21];
dangers of compulsory, [22].
Ellis, quoted, [111] sq.
Ellis, A. J., quoted, [155] sq.
Empedokles, quoted, [56], [65].
English, society, intolerance of, [7].
-- universities described, [10];
too little of academic freedom in, [40].
-- names for the days of the week, [118].
-- written in hieroglyphics, [17] sq.
-- spelling, a national misfortune, [22].
-- present number of speaking, [138];
future number of speaking, [138].
Epicharmos, quoted, [55].
Esquimaux, tale among the, quoted, [83] sq.
Esthonian tale, quoted, [86] sq.
Examinations, good, to be rewarded by honor, [44];
a means to ascertain how pupils have been taught, [43];
strong feeling against, [42] sq.
Fergusson, Jas., quoted, [113] sq.
Figures, our, received from the Arabs, [20].
Forgeries in Sanskrit MSS., [109].
Freedom, address on, [1] sq.;
of thought, meaning of, [3].
Freethinkers, a title of honor, [6].
French, names for the days of the week, [118];
present number of speaking, [137];
future number of speaking, [138].
Freyja, day of, [120].
Friday, [120].
Genus and Species, meaning of, [32] sq.
German names for the days of the week, [119].
-- Middle-High, names for the days of the week, [119].
-- Old-High, names for the days of the week, [119].
-- present number of speaking, [138];
future number of speaking, [138].
-- Universities, how much time spent in lecturing in, [39].
Grammars, Latin and Greek, deficiencies of, [26].
Greek and Roman classics not read enough, [25].
Greek philosophy, its development chiefly due to the absence of an established religion and influential priesthood, [63];
religion, national and traditional, [62].
Gutzlaff, quoted, [205].
Haekel, quoted, [182].
Hall, Newman, quoted, [154].
Helios, meaning of, [80].
Herakleitos, quoted, [58].
Heredity, meaning of, [14] sq.
Herodotus, quoted, [58].
Herschel, Sir John, quoted, [74] sq.
Herzen, quoted, [4].
Hillebrand, quoted, [9].
Hipparchus, a Greek astronomer, [19].
Hobbes, referred to, [3], [32].
Holwell, quoted, [102].
condemned by Plato, [59];
his soul hanging in Hades on a tree, [58].
Hottentot fables quoted, [85] sq.
Huet, quoted, [99].
Indians of Nicaragua, quotation [pg 245] from a compendium of the theology of, [70].
Individualism, what? [4].
Individuality, principle of, suffering more now than before, [11].
Italian, present number of speaking, [137];
future number of speaking, [138].
Jacolliott, quoted and criticised, [123] sq.
Japan converted to Buddhism, legend about, [213].
Jehovah, name of, found in Chinese literature, [131], [132].
Jones, Sir. W., quoted, [100], [101] sq., [107] sq.
-- Eduard, quoted, [144] sq.
Josephus, quoted, [116] sq.
Jovis dies, [120].
Julien, St., quoted, [132].
Jupiter, the name, no mere accident, [90] sq.;
the thunderer, [120].
Justin Martyr, quoted, [117].
Karman, meaning of, [15] sq.
Knowledge, dead, dangerous, [28].
Kû-fa-lan, works ascribed to him, [194].
Kukai, founder of a sect in Japan, [214].
Language and thought inseparable, [67];
its influence on thought, [79].
Lapland, legend of, quoted, [88].
Latin names for the days of the week, [118].
Mars, the god of war, [121].
Meiklejohn, quoted, [147].
Metrodorus, quoted, [56].
Mill, J. S., quoted, [1], [12], [21];
his plea for liberty decried, [4], without reason, [5];
his election to Parliament a triumph, [6].
Milligan, quoted, [76].
Montucci, quoted, [130].
Mosaic account of creation found among the Tahitians, [111].
Müller's, M., rejoinder to Prof. Blackie, [91] sq.
Mythology, meaning of, [55], [64] sq., [66];
interest of, in our days, [53];
religion of the Greeks, [61];
now as there was in time of Homer, [65];
pervades the sphere of religion and of thought, [69];
philosophy of, lecture on, [53] sq.
Names to be submitted to very careful snuffing, [37].
Nihilism, defined, [4]; dangers of, [5].
Nirvana, definition of, [16].
Nominalism, higher, or Science of Language, [37].
Old-Norse names for the days of the week, [118].
Omniscience to be avoided, [47].
Oriental tongue, now spoken in Europe, [16] sq.
Over-examinations, complaints against, [46].
Paradise. See [Sukhavati].
Phoibos, meaning of, [81];
and Daphne, story of, [81] sq.
Phonetic alphabet, table of, [150];
reading according to, [151] sq.
Pioneer (an Indian paper), quoted, [113].
Planets, their names, [118];
used for the names of the days of the week, [116].
Plato, quoted, [59] sq., [79].
Population, table of supposed number of years required for doubling the, in different countries, [138].
Portuguese, number of speaking, [137].
Power and Responsibility of English Universities, [10].
Psyche, meaning of, [69], [72].
Religions, division of, [62].
Remusat quoted, [131].
Russian, number of speaking, [138];
society described, [4].
Sabbath mentioned by Roman and Greek writers, [117] sq.
Sanskrit names for the days of the week, [118].
-- MSS., materials on which they were written, [206] sq.;
searched for in China, [203] sq.;
in Japan, [210];
texts discovered in Japan, [181] sq.;
translated by Chinese, [189] sq.
Saturni dies, [116] sq., [121].
Scandinavian mythology and Buddhism, connection between, [113] sq., [122].
Schools in England and on the Continent, shortcomings of, [25] sq.
Self-government, dangers of, [10].
Semiphonotopy, name for a style of spelling, [141];
reading according to, [191] sq.
Sextus Empiricus, quoted, [58].
Snow, name for, [77].
Society, human, secret of, [13].
Sokrates, quoted, [56].
Sokratic method, [24].
Spanish, present number of speaking, [137];
future number of speaking, [138].
Species and Genus, meaning of, [32] sq.
Spelling, reform of, [133] sq., [135] sq.;
favorite subject with Roman scholars, [140].
Stahl, quoted, [69].
Sueton, quoted, [116].
Sukhavati-vyûha, a title of a Buddhist Sutra, [214];
list of MSS. of, now extant, [216] sq.;
translation of, [220] sq.
Sukhavati, or Paradise, described, [223] sq.
Sun, sign or name for, [75] sq., [78].
Sunrise, feelings at the, [74].
Swift, Dean, quoted, [134].
Table of the names of the days of the week in—
Anglo-Saxon, [118].
English, [118].
French, [118].
German, [119].
-- Middle-High, [119].
-- Old-High, [119].
Latin, [118].
Old Norse, [118].
Sanskrit, [118].
Table of the names of the Planets, [118], [119].
Tacitus, quoted, [121].
Teachers to be natural examiners, [43].
Testament, the Old, accounts of, found in the literature of the Brahmans, [100], [106].
-- Old and New, found in the Vedas., [123];
borrowed from Brahmans and Buddhists, [101] sq.
Theology, on false analogies in comparative, [98] sq.
Thirlwall, Bishop, quoted, [143].
Thought and language inseparable, [67].
Thor, [120].
Thunar, [120].
Thursday, [120].
Tiu, [120].
Tocqueville, De, referred to, [12].
Trench, quoted, [169] sq.
Tylor, E. B., quoted, [70].
Uniformity, dangers of, [12] sq.
Universities, English and German, compared, [7] sq.;
differences between, [9] sq.;
guardians of freedom of thought, [28];
mediæval and modern, home of free thought, [51].
Vaksh, Sanskrit word for to grow, like the English to wax, [17].
Veneris dies, [120].
Vid, Sanskrit word for to know, like the English to wit, [17].
Virgil quoted, [71].
Vosisus, S. J., quoted, [99].
Week, names of the seven days of the, received from the names of the planets, [116].
Weeks and week-days, system of counting, first introduced in Egypt, [118].
Wilford, quoted, [106].
Wilson, quoted, [188].
Wunsch or Wish, name of Wuotan, [121].
Wuotan, [120].
Xenophanes, on Homer and Hesiod, [57] sq.
Zeus Kronīon, meaning of, [80], [121].
Ziu, [121].