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Arnold, Matthew, his Literature and Dog-
ma, critical notice of, 240-247.
Brute to Man, The Progress from, article
on, 251-319-difficulty of realizing in
imagination the kinship between higher
and lower forms of intelligence and
emotion, 251-fallacy of comparing an
educated man with an ape, 253 - enor-
mous distance, intellectual and moral,
between a highly educated Teuton and
an Australian, 253 255 barbarous
races, like animals, have no history, 256
- vast progress in civilization since
1789, 256
process of evolution at first
very slow, then increasingly rapid, 257,
258 the all-important contrast, not
between man and apes, but between
civilized man and primitive man, 259
261-leading characteristics of human
progress, 261-274 extension of the
correspondence in space, 263-265- of
correspondence in time, 265-269-cor-
respondence in definiteness, 270- in
complexity, 272- the entire superiority
of civilized man over savage is his supe-
rior power of representing that which is
not present to the senses, 274-278-
vast importance of cerebral development
in human history, 278-283- Mr. Wal-
lace's brilliant contribution to the doc-
trine of evolution, 280, 281 - moral
sense built up out of slowly organized
experiences of pleasures and pains, 286

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what these pleasures and pains are,
286-294-why man finds pleasure in
so many kinds of hurtful activity, 291-
292-overwork, 294- how right and
wrong become distinguished from pleas-
ure and pain, 296-314 - how social
evolution originated, 299 - 306
the
long term of infancy in the human spe-
cies prolongs the exercise of tenderness,
sympathy, and affection by the parent
until it becomes habitual, 300-302-
genesis of regret and remorse, 306 - 309
-effect of sympathy, 309-312 — ré-
sumé of the subject, 314-319.

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Cherbuliez, Victor, his Meta Holdenis, crit-
ical notice of, 461–468.
Electoral Machinery, Our, article on, 388-
401 very different in practice from
what its framers intended, 383 objec-
tions to present mode of choosing Presi-
dents and Vice-Presidents, 384-395
throws entire electoral vote of a State
on one side or other, 385-defence of
this general system by Edward Everett,
885- with the growth of the country, its
disadvantages grow less, 886- different
effects of fraud in States of different
size, 887, 388-how fraud would be
utilized in electing President directly by
the people, 389-positive defects and
dangers of our electoral machinery, 390
-392-Congress should not have power
to reject the vote of any State, 391-
expectation of the fathers that only per-
sons pre-eminent for ability and virtue
would be elected President, 392 — its
futility, 393 inevitableness and uses
of parties, 393-395- Senator Sumner's

constitutional amendment providing for
electing President directly by people,
objections to it, 395-397-another plan,
and its advantages, 397-399-proposi-
tion to abolish electoral college, a fea-
sible substitute for it, 399-in case of
non-election the people should vote
again, 400.

Fires and Fire Departments, article on,
108-141-great improvements in ap-
paratus for extinguishing fires, 108-
have been neutralized by carelessness
in building and by retention of old sys-
tem of organization in fire departments,
109 report of Capt. Shaw of London,
109-111-the old system still holding
in Boston, 112-organization, equip-
ment, and pay of the fire department,
112-114-the telegraphic fire-alarm,
115-Boston fire of 9th Nov., 1872, 115
-125-its origin, 115-delay in giving
alarm, 116-delay in getting engines on
the ground, 117-causes of ineffectual
effort, 119, 120-testimony of Dr. Hen-
ry J. Bigelow and President Eliot, 121

how powder was used, 123-125 —
testimony of A. C. Martin in regard to
defects in building, 125- how to secure
fire-proof buildings, testimony of Capt.
Shaw, 126- relations of insurance com-
panies to building and fires, 128-132

rates of insurance and losses in Bos-
ton and Chicago, 129-131-records of
London Fire Brigade, 132- -causes and
localities of fires, 133, 134-fire statis-
tics of several cities, 135, 136-organi-
zation, equipment, and pay of London
Fire Brigade, 136-138-of New York
fire department, 138-of other cities,
138-defects of American system, 139
- Mr. Bird's book "Protection against
Fire," value of its suggestions, 139, 140.
Furness, Horace Howard, his new vario-
rum edition of Shakespeare, Macbeth,
critical notice of, 475-483.
Hadley, James, his Essays, Philological
and Critical, critical notice of, 472-

475.

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Harvard University, Sibley's Graduates
of, article on, 141-181- Mr. Sibley's
natural and acquired qualifications for
his work, 141-143, 147, 148- Anthony
a Wood's similar work, Athena Oxoni-
enses, 143-147-Mr. Sibley's "boastful
utterance" about Harvard, 149-early
history of the College, 149-152-Na-
thaniel Eaton, first schoolmaster, "base
cariadges" of himself and his wife, 150,
151-the earnest but fruitless effort at
Harvard to instruct Indian youth, 152-
164- toil and discomforts endured in
translating the Bible into Indian lan-
guage, 153, 154-the students, 156-163

- scarcity of money, 164-future min-
isters and teachers were expected to be
trained by the college, 164 - many grad-
uates went to England, 165-169-prop-
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Colonies, 165-Gov. Winthrop's lamen-
tation over the depression of the Colo-
ny's interests, 167 he discerns divine
judgments on those who deserted the
Colony, 168- George Downing, 169,
180 the first Commencement, 169
the first building, 170- singular choice
of location for College, 171- President
Dunster, 172-174-Presidents Chaun-
cy and Hoar, 174-difference in char-
acter and disposition between the first
colonists and the first generation of their
children, 175-how college dues were
paid in early years, 176 Mr. Sibley's
method in writing the sketches, in-
stances, 176-181.

Jones, Charles C., Jr., his Antiquities of
the Southern Indians, critical notice of,
468-472.

Leonowens, Mrs. Anna H., her The Ro-
mance of the Harem, critical notice of,
237-240.

Medicine, Modern, article on, 1-37-
medicine neither an empirical art nor
an exact science, 2, 3 comparative
ignorance of life and its vital processes,
4-
medicine really abreast of its tribu-
tary sciences, and lays under contribu-
tion the highest development of all other
arts, 5 -some changes in modern med-
ical thought, 6-13- abandonment of
the "numerical system," 6, 7- diseases
no longer regarded as distinct entities,
but as perverted life-processes, 7 — rela-
tions between chronic lesions and acute
disorders, 8, 9 report of post-mortem
examination of Napoleon III., 9, note
the sphygmograph, its discovery and
important uses, 13-17- the ophthalmo-
scope, and the diseases it detects, 17-21
use of the thermometer in disease, 21
localized electricity, 25-29
Faradism, 26the action of mercury,
report of Dr. Hughes Bennett. 29-31
hydrate of chloral, theory of its ac-
tion, 32 cholera, its nature and symp.
toms, 33-35 Lörstofer's Corpuscles,
35, 36.

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Morley, John, his Rousseau, critical notice
of, 483, 484.

Napoleon III., universal suffrage under,
341-382.

Paine, John K., his St. Peter, an Oratorio,
critical notice of, 247-250.
Schlagintweit - Sakünlünski, H. von, his
Reisen in Indien und Hochasien, critical
notice of, 485-490.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur, and his Pessimistic
Philosophy, article on, 37-80-the
popular dread of metaphysics, 37 -rea-
son for it, 38 Schopenhauer's life, 39-
42-outline of philosophy before his
time, 42-51
Heraclitus, Protagoras,
Socrates, 42- - Leibnitz, Descartes, Spi-
noza, 43
- Bacon, Locke, Hume, 44-46

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- Kant, his Ding an sich, and Practical
Reason, 46-51-points of agreement
and of opposition in Fichte's and

Schopenhauer's philosophies, 51-54-
Fichte's moral Kosmos, 52-tenets of
Schopenhauer's philosophy, 54-56-
his metaphysics, 56-67- his ethics, 67
-72-difficulty of procuring a valid
starting-point in metaphysical thinking,
56- Hegel found it in the Absolute, 57
- Schopenhauer in Will, 57, 58- of this
Will nothing can be predicated except
specific restlessness, 58-it objectivates
itself, 59. its stages of objectivation, 60
-62-its torch the Intellect, 62- its
identity with the body, 63-the two-
fold functions of the Intellect, 64-67

Schopenhauer's theory of evil, 68, 69 –
of morality, 70-the Intellect condemns
the Will, 71-excellence of love and
self-denial, 71-Schopenhauer's clear-
ness of style, 73-his character, 74-
likeness of his pessimism to Heine's,
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- his two errors of philosophy, 76 —
his ethics good in spite of their bad met-
aphysical foundation, 77-his fidelity
to speculative philosophy, 78-science
needs the aid of metaphysics, 79.
Session, The, article on, 182-223-the
Crédit Mobilier investigation, 182-194-
vast increase of wealth accompanied by
popular ignorance of political economy
and finance, 182, 183 - financial quack
doctors, 183 - résumé of Crédit Mo-
bilier investigation, and the facts it elici-
ted, 184-193 — Mr. Oakes Ames's
purpose in placing the stock, 184-
unanimity of investigating committee,
185 -character of persons implicated,
186 disproportion of supposed corrup-
tion-fund to the interests at stake,
187 relations between Union Pacific
Railroad Company and Crédit Mobilier
corporation a great mystery, 188- con-
clusion, from the facts, that no blame
can be attached to those who bought
Crédit Mobilier stock of Mr. Ames, 189
-case of Mr. Colfax, his gifts from Mr.
Nesbit, 190 192-injustice of Senate
Committee to Senator Patterson, 192-
194-gift of T. C. Durant to Senator
Harlan, 194, 195 Congressmen, like
judges, should accept no presents from
any one if they have reason to fear the
donor may ever wish their influence in
return, 196 - Senate should carefully
guard its reputation, -case of Senator
Caldwell of Kansas, 196-200- prepos-
terousness of points of law maintained
by Conkling and Butler, 197 - office
not a right but a trust, 199, 200-loss
of the sense of delicacy and propriety in
our public men, 200- the back-pay
scandal, 201-method and feasibility of
reform in certain respects, 202-206-
candidates for office should never per-
sonally use efforts to secure their own
nomination, and should be voted against
if they do use them, 202-abuse of gov-
ernment patronage by maintaining pa-
pers at Washington, 203 opportunity

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for first-class papers there, 204 - civil-
service reform, what it means and the
need of it, 204-206-question of restor-
ing specie payment, 206-223 - diver-
sity of views respecting it, 207 - prac-
tical question involved in any plan of
resumption. 208 non-comprehension
of it in Congress, 208 - amount to be
redeemed, 209 absolute value of the
currency, 210 increase in amount and
loss in value since 1854, 211, 212-
amount of coin likely to be demanded
in case of resumption, 213-the na-
tional banks an obstacle, 213 - Mr.
Sherman's bill, 214-its practical value
lessened by abnormal state of finances,
215 arguments in favor of redemption
in interest-bearing bonds, 216 - public
obligation to pay legal-tender notes, 217
- advantage of specie payment over
forced contraction, 218, 219- - grave
danger of allowing the dollar to have
a variable value, 219-221-necessity
of some steps toward redemption of
the currency, 222.

Skinner, Orrin, his The Issues of Amer-
ican Politics, critical notice of, 229-
237.

Suffrage, Universal, under Napoleon III.,
article on, 341-382- great stress laid
upon, by admirers of his government,
341-his opinions respecting political
rights of the masses of the people, 342-
357- his "Political Reveries," its advo-
cacy of an empire, 342- his faith in
the restoration of the Napoleonic dynas-
ty, 343-two dominant ideas of his
early political essays, that the people
are supreme authority, and the reins of
government should be in the hands of
an emperor, 343-347-the Idees Na-
poléoniennes, 345- his reply to Guizot,
while prisoner at Ham, 345, 346 — his
theory that the initiative of all political
changes should be taken by the mon-
arch. 347 -349- his promises, 349-357
-appeal to the masses in an essay on
the Extinction of Pauperism," 349
defiance of Louis Philippe in his trial
for the affair of Boulogne, 350-352
his position in 1848, 353-address on
taking his seat in the Assembly, 354-
his assurances while a candicate for the
Presidency, 355, 356-the ballot-box a
cheat and a sham under his govern-
ment, 358-382 interference of the
executive in local and municipal corpo-
rations, 359-how the population of
Nice and Savoy were consulted in re-
gard to the transfer of those provinces
from Italy to France, 360-370- Sar-
dinian troops withdrawn, and their
places filled with French garrisons, 361

all mayors opposed to French au-
thority were removed and loyalists ap-
pointed, 362- manufacture of requisite

public opinion, 363 - bribery, 364-r2-
gious zeal appealed to, 365 - local

cen-

police threatened recusants with pun-
ishment, 366-testimony of an English-
man who was in Nice and Savoy at
time of elections, 366-368-a complete
system of trickery, 368-370-general
elections in France no more free, 370-
the ignorance of the rural population,
M. Taine's testimony, 370, 371
tralization of the government, 372-
general election of 1863, 372-381- it
was to be free, 373-government an-
nounced its candidates, 373 - no public
discussion of respective merits of candi-
dates allowed, 374-measures resorted
to by government to crush opposition,
375-377-cutting off mails of Greno-
ble, 375
- attacks in official organs, 376
destruction of posters, 377- imprison-
ment of friends circulating documents,
377 favor shown official candidates,
377 - vast authority of prefects, 378
zealous co-operation of mayors, 378-381
-political life of a nation paralyzed by
such management of universal suffrage,
382.

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charm of Taine's work On Intelli-
gence, 402-his definiteness of theory,
403-two ways of studying the human
mind, from inside, 403- from outside,
404- -sketch of philosophy in France
since Middle Ages, 405-408 — sensa-
tionalism succeeded by common-sense
and consciousness, 405 Cousin's Eclec-
ticism, 406 later absorption in sci-
entific methods and theories, 407
Taine's training and philosophical ten-
dencies, 408-outline of his work, 409-
424-significance and use of names,
409-images of no validity, 410-ul-
timate elements of sensation, 411
physiological examination, 411, 412-
nature's two faces, 412- Taine's rejec-
tion of the ordinary ideas which attach
to self, 413-to matter, 414- halluci-
nations, 415-418-bodies, and what
belongs to them, 418-420 general
ideas, judgments, laws, 420-424
points of excellence in his work, 424-
his passion for paradox, 425 - objec-
tions to his philosophy, 425-438- of
abstract ideas, 426- of sensation, 427
- of hallucination, 427-429- of sub-
stance, self, force, 429-431- of mole-
cules, 432, 433-of motion, 433-ne-
cessity of accepting the principle of
causality, 435-summary of criticism
upon Taine as a psychologist, 435-
real value, but limited sphere, of physi-
cal investigation, 436 consciousness
the chief instrument in studying the
mind, 438.

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Telegraphic System, The proposed Changes
in the, article on, 80-107-rapid in-
crease of wealth in individual hands

and by large corporations, 80-82--
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- growth of railroad system, 83-85
of telegraph, 85, 86 history of
Western Union Company, 86-91 -
Russian extension line, 87 - United
States Telegraph Company, 88-con-
solidation of competing lines, 88
growth of Western Union into an ab-
solute monopoly, 89-91-effect upon
rates and growth of business, 91- - tele-
graph policy of Belgium and its suc-
cess, 92 of Switzerland, 92 - exorbi-
tant rates of Western Union Company,
its justification of them, 93- interests
of people better served where telegraph
is controlled by government, 94 - Sir
James Anderson's "Statistics of the
Telegraph," 95 - Mr. Wells's pamphlet
on the Relation of the Government to
the Telegraph," 95- arguments in favor
of governmental control, 96-relation
of Western Union Company to the
press, 97-99 -power and possible
abuses of telegraph in forming public
opinion by the tone it gives to news, 99
-telegraph in politics and speculation,
100-constitutional power of Congress
to assume control of telegraphs, 101-
in the interest of the people, and to
make their benefits accessible to those
of moderate means, government should
control them, 101, 102-two proposed
methods for effecting this, 102, 103
objections urged against the project,
103-105-that the powers of govern-
ment should be limited rather than en-
larged, 104-that government might
exercise espionage over correspond-
ence, 105-advantages of the postal
system, 106, 107.

Value, The Meaning and Causes of, arti-
cle on, 319-341- meaning of the term
value," 319-326 Macleod on the
necessity of exactness of expression in
economic science, 319-value not a
quality inhering in any object, - Prof.
Perry, 320-meaning of utility, 321-
value is an estimate or affection of the
mind, 322-Macleod's testimony to this
purport, 323-325-a standard of value
impossible, 325 price, the value of a
commodity expressed in money, 326
causes of value, 326-341 -causes of
price, difficulty of attainment, 327
exchangeability, 328-330-personal ef-
fort, 330-willingness of deprivation,
331- whenever a commodity is a mo-
nopoly the highest price is paid for it,
332-336-when the supply of a com-
modity is unlimited, its price is the
lowest, 336, 337- the reasonable price,
337, 338- -illustrations of these princi-
ples, 338-341.

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