".... And from this last article, I think I may conclude the charge, which hot-brained folly layes in against _Philosophy_; that it leads to _Irreligion_, frivolous and vain. I dare say, next after the divine _Word_, it's one of the best friends to _Piety_. Neither is it any more justly accountable for the impious irregularities of some, that have paid an homage to its shrine; than Religion itself for the extravagancies both _opinionative_ and _practick_ of high pretenders to it. It is a vulgar conceit, that _Philosophy_ holds a confederacy with _Atheism_ itself, but most _injurious_: for nothing can better antidote us against it: and they may as well say, that _Physitians_ are the only _murtherers_. A _Philosophick Atheist_, is as good sense as a Divine one."--_Glanvill's Apology for Philosophy_, at end of _Scepsis Scientifica_, Ed. I. p. 177, seq. * * * * * [Greek: Esti gar apaideusia to mê gignôskein tinôn dei zêtein apodeixin kai tinôn ou dei Holôs men gar hapantôn adynaton apodeixin einai; eis apeiron gar an badizoi, hôste mêd' houtôs einai apodeixin.] Arist. _Metaph._ IV. ([Greek: G]) cap. 4. The following is the translation of MM. Pierron et Zévort: "C'est de l'ignorance de ne pas savoir distinguer ce qui a besoin de démonstration de ce qui n'en a pas besoin. Il est absolument impossible de tout démontrer: il faudrait pour cela aller à l'infini; de sorte qu'il n'y aurait même pas de démonstration." Métaphysique d'Aristote, Tome I. p. 116. "Man's higher Instinct leads to lofty aspiration, To generous sentiment, and boundless desire, Till he seeks and finds the Author of his Soul. In seeking for him he perfects his virtue, By finding him he is made strong within, And being strong he strengthens his brethren." "Light is natural to the Eye, and the Eye improves under Light, So Truth is natural to the Mind, and the Mind improves under Truth. But the student of Goodness must himself become good, So far at least as to choose Goodness for his best portion. If base passion or worldliness is allowed to domineer, No man can gaze steadily at Purity and at God. And then perhaps he despairs of religious truth, And moralizes on Man's feebleness and limited faculties, So unfitted to fathom the Divine and to know the Eternal!" F. NEWMAN. _Theism_, pp. 2 and 12.