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is the recognition of the fact that we are born without knowledge, and that the acquisition of knowledge is a slow and painful process.If all man needed upon earth was a "knowledge of God," then why the necessity of establishing educational institutions? Unless a child is taught to talk, it will never be able to speak the language of our tongue. Without teaching the child the rudiments of speech, he would be unable to communicate his thoughts to others. Without proper training his

ttalus, a Christian and a Roman citizen, was loudly demanded by the populace and brought into the amphitheatre; but the governor ordered him to be reserved, with the rest who were in prison, until he had received instructions from the emperor. Many had been tortured before the governor thought of applying to Antoninus. The imperial rescript, says the letter, was that the Christians should be punished, but if they would deny their faith, they must be released. On this the work began again. The

inished as to lead me to expect that the work will be more generally read in French than in Latin, and better understood. The only apprehension I entertain is lest the title should deter some who have not been brought up to letters, or with whom philosophy is in bad repute, because the kind they were taught has proved unsatisfactory; and this makes me think that it will be useful to add a preface to it for the purpose of showing what the MATTER of the work is, what END I had in view in writing

the flavour ofSocratic irony in the narrative of Xenophon.The Apology or Platonic defence of Socrates is divided into three parts:1st. The defence properly so called; 2nd. The shorter address in mitigationof the penalty; 3rd. The last words of prophetic rebuke and exhortation. The first part commences with an apology for his colloquial style; he is,as he has always been, the enemy of rhetoric, and knows of no rhetoric buttruth; he will not falsify his character by making a speech. Then

led to further experiments at a distance between Miss Telbin and myself.AT 7 P.M. I drew the following diagram [Illustration] AT 7 P.M. Miss TELBIN'S drawings [Illustration] AT 7:10 P.M. I fixed my attention on a flower [Illustration] AT 7:10 P.M. Miss TELBIN obtained several incorrect scrawls, but amongst them one under which she had written the words [Illustration] "First impression" AT 7:20 P.M. I looked at a pair of opera glasses, at which I gazed first lengthwise [Illustration]

there was none of that lurid glow attached to it, which I subsequently learned is almost inseparable from spirit phenomena seen under similar conditions."For some seconds, I was too overcome with terror to move, but my faculties at length reasserting themselves, I turned round and flew to the other wing of the house with the utmost precipitation. "One would have thought that after these experiences nothing would have induced me to have run the risk of another such encounter, yet only