THE PHILOSOPHY
OF
NATURAL THEOLOGY.
AN ESSAY,
IN CONFUTATION OF THE SCEPTICISM
OF THE PRESENT DAY,
WHICH OBTAINED A PRIZE AT OXFORD, NOV. 26TH, 1872.
BY THE REVEREND
WILLIAM JACKSON, M.A., F.S.A.,
FORMERLY FELLOW OF WORCESTER COLLEGE,
AUTHOR OF "POSITIVISM," "RIGHT AND WRONG,"
"THE GOLDEN SPELL," ETC.
NEW YORK:
A. D. F. RANDOLPH & CO.,
BROADWAY.
MDCCCLXXV.
to the most noble
THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY,
chancellor
of the
university of oxford,
&c., &c., &c.,
the following pages are,
with his lordship's permission,
respectfully inscribed
by their Author.
From the "Oxford University Gazette" of June 14th, 1870.