[27] Ardigò, La Formazione naturale, Vol. II. of his Opere filologiche, and Vol. VI., La Ragione, Padone, 1894.
[28] Guyau, L'Irréligion de l'avenir. Paris. 1887.
[29] The dominant factor, nevertheless, in religious beliefs, is the hereditary or traditional sentimental factor; this it is which always renders them respectable when they are professed in good faith, and often makes them even appeal to our sympathies,—and this is precisely because of the ingenuous or refined sensibility of the persons in whom religious faith is the most vital and sincere.
[30] Nitti, Le Socialisme catholique, Paris, 1894, p. 27 and 393.
[31] Its usual form in America.—Translator.
[32] Nuova Rassegna, August, 1894.
[33] Sergi, L'origine dei fenomeni psichici e loro significazione biologica, Milan, 1885, p. 334, et seq.
[34] Durkheim, De la division du travail social. Paris. 1893. As regards the pretended influence of religion on personal morality I have shown how very slight a foundation there was for this opinion in my studies on criminal psychology, and more particularly in Omicidio nell' antropologia criminale.