of Homer to the present century, was accomplished in the centre of the family, has been transferred to the crowded manufactory.(783) The probable consequences of these things are among the most important questions that can occupy the moralist or the philanthropist, but they do not fall within the province of the historian. That the pursuits and education of women will be considerably altered, that these alterations will bring with them some modifications of the type of character, and that the prevailing moral notions concerning the relations of the sexes will be subjected in many quarters to a severe and hostile criticism, may safely be predicted. Many wild theories will doubtless be propounded. Some real ethical changes may perhaps be effected, but these, if I mistake not, can only be within definite and narrow limits. He who will seriously reflect upon our clear perceptions of the difference between purity and impurity, upon the laws that govern our affections, and upon the interests of the children who are born, may easily convince himself that in this, as in all other spheres, there are certain eternal moral landmarks which never can be removed. INDEX. Abortion, diversities of moral judgment respecting, i. 92. History of the practice of, ii. 20, 24 Abraham the Hermit, St., ii. 110 Acacius, his ransom of Persian slaves, ii. 72 Adultery, laws concerning, ii. 313 Æschylus, his views of human nature, i. 196. His violation of dramatic probabilities, 229 Affections, the, all forms of self-love, according to some Utilitarians, i. 9. Subjugation of the, to the reason, taught by the Stoics, &c., 177, 187. Considered by the Stoics as a disease, 188. Evil consequences of their suppression, 191 Africa, sacrifices of children to Saturn in, ii. 31. Effect of the conquest of Genseric of, 82 Agapæ, or love feasts, of the Christians, how regarded by the pagans, i. 415; ii. 79. Excesses of the, and their suppression, 150 Agnes, St., legend of, ii. 319 Agricultural pursuits, history of the decline of, in Italy, i. 266. Efforts to relieve the agriculturists, 267 Albigenses, their slow suicides, ii. 49 Alexander the Great: effect of his career on Greek cosmopolitanism, i. 229 Alexandria, foundation of, i. 230. Effect of the increasing importance of, on Roman thought, 319. The Decian persecution at, 451. Excesses of the Christian sects of, ii. 196, 197, _note_ Alexis, St., his legend, ii. 322 Alimentus, Cincius, his work written in Greek, i. 230 Almsgiving, effects of indiscriminate, ii. 90, 91 Amafanius, wrote the first Latin work on philosophy, i. 175, _note_. Ambrose, St., his miraculous dream, i. 379. His dissection of the pagan theory of the decline of the Roman empire, 409. His ransom of Italians from the Goths, ii. 72. His commendation of disobedience to parents, 132 American Indians, suicide of the, ii. 54