FOOTNOTES:
[28] "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," p. 17.
[29] Auguste Comte, "Cours de Philosophic Positive," II. 363, 376. The merits of this attempt are very differently estimated by two competent authorities; by Professor Sedgwick in the "Edinburgh Review," No. 82, p. 22; and by Sir David Brewster in the "North British Review," No. 3, p. 476.
[30] "Vestiges," p. 11, 23.
[31] Whewell, "Indications of a Creator." Sedgwick's "Discourse," 5th edition. "Edinburgh Review," No. 82. Sir D. Brewster, "North British Review," No. 3. Professor Dod, "Princeton Theological Essays," second series. H. Miller, "Footprints of the Creator." T. Monck Mason, "Creation by the Immediate Agency of God."
[32] Thomas Monck Mason, "Creation by the Immediate Agency of God, as opposed to Creation by Natural Law; being a Refutation of 'The Vestiges,'" &c., p. 34.
[33] Sir John Herschell, "Memoir on Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars," London Philosophical Transactions, 1833. "Edinburgh Review," No. 82, p. 19.
[34] "North British Review," No. 3, p. 477.
[35] Professor Nichol, "The System of the World," Preface, VI., and 108.
[36] Ecclesiastes 12: 1.
[37] Lorenz Oken, M. D., "Elements of Physio-philosophy,"—reprinted (unfortunately) under the auspices of the Ray Society, London, 1847.
[38] Dr. John Barclay, "Inquiry concerning Life and Organization," pp. 33, 36. See also pp. 177, 235, 413, 526.
[39] "Telliamed; ou, Entretiens d'un Philosophe Indien avec un Missionaire François, sur la Diminution de la Mer, la Formation de la Terre, l'Origine de l'Homme," 2 vols., 1748.
[40] "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," 6th edition, p. 90.
[41] Mr. Hugh Miller, "Footprints of the Creator," p. 226.
[42] "North British Review," 1845, p. 483.
[43] "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," p. 92.
[44] "The Vestiges," p. 104.
[45] Ibid.
[46] Todd, "Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology," article, Generation.
[47] Mr. Hugh Miller, "Footprints of the Creator," p. 233. T. Monck Mason, "Creation by the Immediate Agency of God." "Princeton Theological Essays," Second Series, p. 422.
[48] Cuvier, "Ossemens Fossiles," p. 61.
[49] Mr. Hugh Miller, "Footprints," p. 254.
[50] Dr. Whewell's "Indications," p. 54.
[51] "Footprints of the Creator," p. 19.
[52] "The Vestiges," p. 105.
[53] "The Vestiges," pp. 91, 96.
[54] "The Vestiges," p. 9.
[55] Hugh Miller, "Footprints," pp. 13, 15. Professor Dod, "Princeton Theological Essays," II. 432.
[56] Cicero, "De Naturâ Deorum," L. II.
[57] M. Comte, "Cours de Philosophie Positive," I. 3, 6, 14; IV. viii., 653, 656, 708, 711, 723; V. 1, 9.
[58] M. Comte, "Cours de la Philosophie Positive," I. 3.
[59] Ibid., V. 30, 42, 50, 96, 98, 101.
[60] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 37, 75, 91, 101.
[61] Ibid., V. 58, 87, 94, 105, 125, 278.
[62] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 107, 115, 119, 124, 136, 148, 162, 167, 207, 224, 229.
[63] Ibid., V. 128, 164, 268, 279, 281, 290.
[64] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 297, 325, 461, 470; VI. 231.
[65] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 479, 487, 496, 505; VI. 2.
[66] Comte, "Cours," I. 4, 10; IV. 664, 669, 676, 702.
[67] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 299, 326, 345; VI. 62, 72, 157, 234, 503, 864.
[68] Abbé Maret, "Theodicée Chretienne," p. 218.
[69] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 327, 344, 369, 538, 582, 684; VI. 137.
[70] Ibid., V. 428, 597, 684, 836; VI. 419, 521, 860.
[71] M. Comte, "Cours," I. 44, 141; IV. 673; V. 45, 303.
[72] Victor Cousin, "Introduction a l'Histoire de la Philosophie," I. 121. Ibid., "Cours de la Philosophie," III. 2, 464.
[73] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 3, 5, 22; VI. 32, 481.
[74] M. Comte, "Cours," V. 382, "Premier fondateur, réel ou ideal, de ce grand systéme religieux."
[75] "Encyc. Britan.," articles "Augury" and "Divination." Dr. Thomson's "History of Chemistry."
[76] Mr. H. Miller's "Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland."
[77] M. Comte, "Cours," I. 13; V. 461, 470; VI. 86, 126, 148.
[78] Dr. Cudworth, "Intellectual System," I. 33.
[79] "Westminster Confession of Faith," chap. V. § 2, 3.
[80] Strauss, "Life of Jesus," I. 88. Henry Rogers, "Reason and Faith," Appendix, p. 96.
[81] Dr. Chalmers' Works, I. "Natural Theology."
[82] M. Comte, "Cours," I. 7.
[83] Montaigne, "Apology for Raimond de Sebonde," Essays, II. 148.
[84] Comte, "Cours," VI., Preface, IX.
[85] Dr. Andrew Thomson, "Sermons on Infidelity," p. 62.
[86] M. Comte, "Cours," IV. 709: "Je puis affirmer n'avoir jamais trouvé d'argumentation sérieuse en opposition à cette loi, depuis dix-sept ans que j'ai eu le bonheur de la decouvrir, si ce n'est celle que l'on fondait sur la consideration de la simultaneité jusq'ici necessairement très commune, des trois philosophies chez les mêmes intelligences." "Cours," I. 27, 50, 10: "L'emploi simultané des trois philosophies radicalement incompatibles,"—"la coëxistence de ces trois philosophies opposées." See also IV. 683, 694; V. 28, 39, 41, 57, 171; VI. 26, 31, 34, 155.
[87] M. Comte, "Cours," I. 14: "En considerant comme absolument inaccessible et vide de sens pour nous la recherche de ce qu'on appelle les causes, soit premières, soit finales."
[88] Sir James Mackintosh, "Encyc., Britan.," Preliminary Dissertation, p. 354.
[89] M. Comte, "Cours," IV. 664.
[90] Ibid., VI. 728, 730, 760, 826, 835, 866.
[91] Newman's "Essay on Development," p. 27.
[92] Newman's "Essay on Development," p. 38.
[93] Ibid., p. 95.
[94] Brownson's "Quarterly Review," No. 1, p. 43.
[95] Sedgwick's "Discourse," Fourth Edition. Preface, CCCXCIII.
[96] Newman's "Essay," p. 447.
[97] Letters of Rev. W. A. Butler on the "Development of Christian Doctrine," p. 116.
[98] Pierre Leroux, "Sur l'Humanite." Augustus Comte, "Positive Calendar." The author gave some account of this in an article contributed to the "North British Review," May, 1851.
[99] Professor Butler's "Letters," p. 87.
[100] "Eclipse of Faith," p. 13.
[101] Dr. Wordsworth, "Letters to M. Gondon," p. 153.
[102] Lyell, "Principles of Geology," I. 75.