monarchy, with its immense standing army, would have been powerless in its presence. Let those Americans who are disposed to disparage their own institutions bear this history in mind. We have evils here, and great ones; but they come at once to the surface, and therefore can be met and overcome by the power of intelligent opinion. So it has always been in the past; so it will be, God aiding us, in the future. We are about to meet the Centennial Anniversary of our national life; and on that day we can look back to our fathers, the founders of the Republic, and say to them,--"You gave us the inestimable blessing of free institutions; we have used those institutions to destroy the only great evil which you transmitted to us untouched. We now can send down the Republic to our children, pure from this stain, and capable of enduring IN SECULA SECULORUM." The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND CO. FOOTNOTES: [1] See the argument to prove that it would not be difficult to climb to heaven. [2] Simon Peter's attitude expresses astonishment and perplexity. He holds out both hands, and seems to say, "It cannot be!" In Thaddeus we see suspicion, doubt, distrust. "I always suspected him." Matthew is speaking to Peter and Thomas, his hand held out toward Jesus: "But I heard him say so." Thomas: "What can it mean? What will be the end?" James: (Hands spread wide apart in astonished perplexity:) "Is it possible?" Philip has laid both hands on his breast, and leaning toward Jesus says, "Lord, is it I?" At the other end, one is leaning forward, his hands resting on the table, to catch the next words; one starting back, confused and confounded. [3] _The North American Review_, February, 1881. [4] _The Independent_, 1882. [5] _The North American Review_, May, 1883. [6] _Buddha and Early Buddhism_. Trübner & Co., 1881. [7] _Hibbert Lectures_, 1882, page 291. [8] A. Réville: _Prolégomènes de l'Histoìre des Religions_. [9] _Le Bouddha et sa Religion_, page 149, par J. Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire, Paris. [10] Senart: _Essai sur la Légende du Buddha_. Paris, 1875. [11] Oldenberg: _Buddha, sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde_. Berlin, 1881. This is one of the latest and best books on our subject. [12] _Three Lectures on Buddhism_: "Romantic Legend of Buddha," by Samuel Beal. London, 1875. Eitel. [13] _Hibbert Lectures_: "Origin and Growth of Buddhism," by T. W. Rhys Davids. 1881. [14] _Ibid._, page 143. [15] _Buddhistisch-Christliche Harmonie._ [16] P. E. Lucius: _Die Therapeuten und ihre Stellung_, &c. Strassburg, 1880. [17] _The North American Review_, October, 1887. [18] _The Atlantic Monthly_, October, 1874. [19] _The Intelligence and Perfectibility of Animals_, by C. G. Leroy. Translated into English in 1870. _De l'Instinct et l'Intelligence des Animaux_, par P. Flourens. Paris, 1864. [20] It is a mistake to say that the Tasmanians do not use fire.