...work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. Ruskin. And Reason now through number, time, and space Darts...the keen lustre of her serious eye ; And learns from fads compar'd the laws to trace Whose long procession leads to Deity. J. Beattie. / hope that my children,...

...relation between "the philosophic spirit" and religion is suggested by the lines : And Reason now thro' number, time, and space, Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. "Enraptur'd by the hermit's strain,"...

...kept or sold. It is deemed unfortunate. THE CELESTIAL INFLUENCES PECULIAR TO THE PLANETARY ORBS. * ' Can mortal strength presume to soar so high ! Can mortal sight so oft bedimm'd with tears Such glory bear ! tor lo, the shadows fly i'ram nature's face ; confusion disappears...

...is both constructive and humbly subordinate to faith, confidently progressive and piously directed: And Reason now through Number, Time and Space, Darts...laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. "' Beattie's inductive method, like Reid's, is Baconian rather than Lockcan. It assumes the real existence...

...superstition. A poet of the end of the last century says, — "As Phoebus to the world, is science to the soul, And reason now through number, time, and space Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye." And he then proceeds to rejoice in the victory he supposes to be gained over superstition. The triumph...

...a dark waste, where fiends and tempest howl; • As Phoebus to the world , is Science to the soul. And Reason now through Number , Time and Space , Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye , And learns,from facts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can mortal strength...