[62] See the Chroniqueur Suisse of 19 Jan. 1865.
[63] April, 1850, p. 292.
[64] Force et Matière, by Louis Büchner, Doctor in medicine: translated into French from the seventh edition of the German work, by Gamper, Leipzig, 1863.
[65] My object is to point out the atheistical systems which are being produced in various parts of Europe, and not to estimate, in a general way, the tendency of contemporary philosophies. The reader, who would understand the position occupied by materialism in relation to German thought in general, may consult with advantage, Le Matérialisme contemporain, by Paul Janet, Paris, 1864; and the review of this work by M. Reichlin-Meldegg (Zeitschrift für Philosophie, Sechsundvierzigster Band). A Swiss writer, M. Böhner, has lately published a learned work on the subject entitled: Le Matérialisme au point de vue des sciences naturelles et des progrès de l'esprit humain, by Nath. Böhner, member of the Société helvétique des sciences naturelles, translated from the German, by O. Bourrit, 1 vol. 8vo. (Genève, imprimerie Fick), 1861.
. . . Ces enfants de l'effroi,
Ces beaux riens qu'on adore, et sans savoir pourquoi,
Ces dieux que l'homme a faits et qui n'ont pas fait l'homme.
Cyrano de Bergerac.
[67] From outer to inner things, and from inner to higher.