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304 The Leadeb, [Jyo. 36g > Sattjrdat,
304 THE LEADEB , [ jyo . 36 G > Sattjrdat ,
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Those Of Our Readers Who Are Interested ...
Those of our readers who are interested in philosophy will be glad to learn that the logical and metaphysical lectures of the late distinguished Professor Sir William Hamiiton , of Edinburgh , -will shortly appear . They are to be published by Messrs . Black-wood and So : ns , under the editorship of the Her . H . Ii . Mansed , of Oxford , assisted by Mr . J " . Teitch :, an old pupil of Sir Wilxiam ' s , who , we believe ,, had also something to do with carrying the new edition of Dugald Stewart ' s works through the press- Mr . Manser ' s name is a guarantee of careful editorship , as le possesses ia a high degree the
philosophic insight and scholarly erudition indispensable for the work . He is , moreover , a professed disciple of Sir William , and by directing attention to his speculations has contributed perhaps more than any other University man to revive the study of philosophy at Oxford . The lectures , which will probably extend to three or four volumes , are , we believe , left in a tolerably complete form ; but whether any other papers are in a state for publication we have not yet heard . Sir William must , however , have left a number of philosophical fragments ; and we hope that in dealing with these , the editor will not be too fastidious , but , in the exercise of a wise liberality , publish as many as possible . Sir WiiiLiAit ' s whole method of working , so far as form is concerned , was evidently fragmentary , but as he always spoke in perfect knowledge of the subject , and from the most central point of view , the fragments are organic , and serve to illustrate what is left undeveloped in his system .
We Do Not Recommend Ladies Who Are In Pu...
We do not recommend ladies who are in pursuit of Woman ' s Hights to ' submit the case ' -to M . P . J . Prottdhon . He has very little faith in the cause , which he says the " honourable ligueuses" are " agitating with so much noise and so little success . " He speaks of the " sort of crusade which certain estimable ladies in either hemisphere are carrying on in favour of their sex as asymptom of the general revolution of ideas now going on ; but an exaggerated symptom , an affolement which belongs precisely to the infirmity of the sex , and to its incapacity for self-knowledge and self-government / ' This is pretty well to begin with . M . Peotjdhoit , we should , here observe , is replying to a certain Madame J . p'Hekicotjb-Tj through the medium of the Revue Philosoghiqiie et Religieuse , a review with which we were unacquainted , but which we are ' now
at liberty to suppose has the advantage of considerably strong-minded contributors on loth sides of the question . It is in the pages of La Rapione , " a weekly review of religious , political , and social philosophy , " published at Turin ( under the editorship of M . Ausoztno Ekanchi , sometime a distinguished member of the Roman Constituent Assembly ) , that we discover M . Fboudhon engaged in single combat with Madame J . d'H ^ ricotjut . M . Pbotjdhon affects the forms of chivalrous courtesy when he assures his fair antagonist , " with all the respect due to her as a woman / ' that lie "had not expected his own judgment to be so speedily confirmed by her petulant interpellation /' He withdraws the word affolement ( which he had employed in his former letter ) , " as it may have hurt your feelings , although you know it was not meant to
be published . " We think M . Protjdhon may well afford to withdraw the word of offence , since it is a substantive that has no place in any Trench dictionary , and owes its existence to the invention of tliis gallant and chivalrous pamphleteer . Tlic verb affbler , if we mistake not , is seldom used but in the participle ^ to signify the sweet excess of passionate folly , or , as a second intention , the defect of a needle in a ship ' s compass -when it refuses to point to the north . We do not , of course , presume to correct the terminology of M . PitOTiDiioKr , who no dou . bt , of malice prepense , invented the substantive in Ihe sense of what Tacitus calls " muliebris impotentia" which may be interpreted " womanly impulsiveness , or want of self-control" —a charming defect of nature , and one , -we are persuaded , the stronger sex would not willingly forego .
M . Proudiion had been anxiously wondering wlicncc this insurrection , of woinon against < e thc paternal and mental supremacy" could have sprung . " Which of our manly faculties or virtues , or prerogatives "—perhaps , rather , winch of our miserable weaknesses and pettinesses is it that they resent P " Forty false reasonings in your letter of eight pages " suggest the reply . A physical incapacity in the feminine understanding to apprehend the true relation of things . M . Pjioudhon proceeds to dilate on this flattering discovery of his with a fulness of illustration and detail which we arc not at all prepared to admire or to imitate \ but the pith of his " demonstrations "—the result , it appears , of " very serious and very interesting studies "—is contained in the three following positions : —
1 . That tho difference * of sex establishes between man and woman a separation anailaoous—I did not say equal—to that vrhicli the difference of races and of species establishes betwoon animals . f y hat ty r 0 a 8 On of * 86 Pwat 3 on or difference , man and woman arcs not By associh , we suppose M . Phoumion implies a . perfect equality and reciprocity of mord and intellectual faculties . «« i « A \ conB «( uon « e > the woman cannot bo called citoyenne except in hot quality of -wife of tho citoyen .
vJilL * 1 ° ^ ' . T 3 ! 110 " t 0 e 8 *» M » Bu . ( concludes M . Prouohon ) , by obaor-Inlir . tSSrST" Jl * , fllC i that ™ ' «»»*»««< % ™ kor than man in , nus-S ? L ££ ? £ ? ' 1 5 * J ?»* * « ™ tatatartohimintiMftirtriaj ; arlktic , philosophical , ikeZZflT " , ? ****/ . «*« « " •**«« qf woman is Co be reflated , « , „« , „ \ iit , by the sam * juat % ct at tho cotHtHion of man , o'utflni d ' elle : eho if a slave
Surely this has the merit of frankness at leas-t ! If M . Pkoudhon esca ^ the fate of Orpheus , it will not be for the sake of his beam geuz ! We dare say he is perfectly convinced of the impregnability of his hmo But , as Alphonse JL & jtaTias acutely remarked— ° On ne prouve rien aux femmes : elles ne croiemt qu ' avec lecceur- c ' esf-rlnTi i persuasion , qa'il faut employer avec elles-ou plutot , il faut leur plaie cS rf ^ Laoasent convaincre par celui qui raisonne et non parses raisonnenaents . ' Se Again : — II ne serait pas difficile de prouver que e ' est une sup & ioiit ^ qu ' ont les femm * a refuser decrciser le fer dans l'escrime ennuyeuse dela dialectique a cette sud ^\ Tde n'accepter aucune raison felles joignent celle de n'en donuer aucune et de sp ™ T tenter pairfaitement , en exigeantqu ' on s ' en contente , de cette seule reponse oui «'« l ' air d ' etre concluante , mais qui l ' est en effet , pu . isqu'elles n ' y ajoutent ' nea : parce "We have every confidence , therefore , that M . Pboudhon will be nonsuited and , for our part , we think he riehly deserves £ t . . *
"We Are Glad To Find That M. Jules Simon...
" We are glad to find that M . Jules Simon lias collected into a volume th course of lectures delivered by him at the inTitation , and in presence of the Literary Society of Ghent last December , on Liberty of Conscience , ' oui readers will remember the highly-interesting : and important discussions in the Belgian Chambers on the right of Prcfessors to teach History and Philosophy , independently of episcopal censorship . It appears that two Professors of the University cf Ghent , and the Literary Society in that town , had drawn down the thunders of the Church on account of their " false , bad , blasphemous , and heretical doctrines , " as the Bishop of Ghent very naturally described lectures not sanctioned or approved by the Church Catholic , and not imbued with the spirit of absolute
submission to Papal infallibility . The literary Society , whose library actually contained Protestant works , was stigmatized by tins mild and T ) eni « naiit Bishop as " anti-religious and anti-social ,. and their library as full of the most impious and immoral books . " About the same time the Bishop of Bkuges issued a pastoral letter , in which the liberty of conscience was called " a false , pernicious , and extravagant doctrine , " and the liberty of the press " horrible . " These gentle words created some sensation in a . country jealous of its freedom and of its constitutional rights , and on the opening of the iie : s . t session of the Eree University of Brussels , M Teiuiaegen , the Rector , delivered an address , protesting with dignity and energy against the
monstrous pretensions of the clerical party . Even in the Chamber , M . xe DeCkek , a Catholic and Conservative Minister , was compelled to express his regret that a "blast of intolerance had pa $ sed over Belgium , ' and that purely clerical instruction would produce a generation of idiots . " Tlie two oensured Professors asserted their rights with equal energy , and finally M . Jxtles Simon was invited to deliver a course of lectures on Liberty oS Conscience in the great hall of the University of Ghent . It was in that hall that the esteemed Professor of Moral Philosophy defended the cause of hitman reason , of true i-eligion , and of toleration , before an enthusiastic audience of more than three thousand Belgian citizens . These lectures arc now preserved to us in a volume to which we shall take an opportunity to
return . For the moment , we content ourselves with observing that these lectures are written in a deeply religious and reverent spirit , and may safely be recommended to the most timid ( and intolerant ) of Protestant readers nearer home .
M. Mmfes, The Great Parisian Capitalist;...
M . Mmfes , the great Parisian capitalist ; , holder of the Spanish Loan , jro . prietor of the Constitutionnel , and , for all we know to the contrary , decorated with the Order of the Golden Plcccc , has rushed into immortality as the CtruTlTis of the Bourse . After a recent visit to the Gymnase to assist at a performance of the Question ( VArgent , M . Mirks was unable to contain the feelings of an indignant capitalist , and ( vicariously it is supposed ) sat down and took up the pen to indite a criticism in "the fcuilleton . of the Consiilutionnel on the piece , and a friendly remonstrance to the author , whom he twitted "with treating : speculators rather cavalierly for one who had himself applied Joe shares . " We have now the reply of M . Alexandre Dumas the Younger , Here it is , as we find it in the lively fcuilleton of the Belgian National ;—My dt , ar Mires , —Wo perfectly understand one another . When lam gQinff to write a play , I shall have recourse to your good advice . When you arc getting up a gTeat affair , you -will apply to rno . But no nonsense , and , above all , Ictus bewavcot Spanish loans . Yours—A . Dumas , vxus .
A Heavy-Armed G-Rammarian. Modern Englis...
A HEAVY-ARMED G-RAMMARIAN . Modern English Literature : Us J 3 lemis 7 ics and Defects . By Henry IT- Brecn , Esq ., F . S . A . Longman and Co . We have more tlmn once had occasion to remark upon the weakness of Btyle exhibited by authors who choose Style as their subject . "We njay add thavt writers on plagiarism arc often impertinent , that critics of quotntion are continually incorrect in their references , and that books on books , -winch Bhould be the most entertaining of all , arc frequently dull . Mr . Ilcnry Breen has qualified himself " , in his own opinion , to measure tlie capacities of modern English literature , to detect the flaws of style , the vicious mannerisms , the stolen passages , in the productions of our popular pens . 11 ° seems to aim at" avoiding error by composing in a strain of low , » cvcl > , sluggish monotony , and he certainly supplies himself with an amp litude ot material from works of indifferent aufcliorship , or of no autliorship at ft » - To deyote panes of analysis to paragraphs from Sir Archibald Alison , is
almost as ridiculous as to blamo Mr . Montgomery Martin for not being a literary purist . Mr . Breen ' s strength , however , lies in the department ot scrutiny and , exposure . Many a Willinnt example of ftyt is dappled by the
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Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28031857/page/16/
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