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meter to gauge . But that tlie one affects tlie other in different degrees in different individuals—that the spirit will be found in
the ascendency with one , the flesh with the other , and that under like conditions of birth and education—is a fact so patent , that , let
the deductions from it lead where they may , we cannot refuse to accept it . Consciously or unconsciously , the mind associates
certain physical types with certain mental and spiritual qualities , and the manifestations of these qualities themselves are notoriously
tempered by individual idiosyncrasies of constitution and health . For ourselvesso much importance do we attach to temperament
, and complexion , that we will venture to predicate of Cyril the nervous-bilious temperament , olive complexion , hazel eyes , and
soft silken hair ; of Clarence , the sanguine temperament , and its concomitants , crisp brown hair , brown or grey eyes , clear and
ruddy complexion . The Confessio Fidel of Clarence occupies one-fourth of the volume ,
and forms the most remarkable portion of it . Divided into two parts , ' The Development of the Individual Mind , ' and ' The
Development of Society , ' it represents two great questions of the day . Fearless in its handling of facts , and the deductions to which
they lead , this Confessio Fidei embraces a philosophy of progress , and a rationalistic belief in the Deity , valuable and refreshing in
this age of doubt , discussion , and demolition . Thinkers , and all who have any pretension to the name , will do well to study
carefully these excellent chapters . One extract more is all that our space will allow , and that , very striking in its way , shows the
encouraging and philosophical nature of the views held on the Development of Society .
ruin " s I hol of d ancien it amongst t cities the and weakest bid us of si all t down modes there of argument and contemp to take late us them to the in
nation despondency that . we It have is from to , predict the history the future of of a a worl world d , no . t Progress from the belongs history to o hu f a -
t manity hen a , , not gher to Rom pe is e or subse Greece quen . tly A developed certain type . It of soci matters al existence not whether is developed this is :
the done world within . The the same progress city , which or the humanity same neig h hb as our mad hood e , or e in quall remote y clear parts . The of the ruins earth of an ; ancient they are city no may proof he of compared an expirin to g the vital fossil ity , but remains of a we vitality exhume that from has
t been ype ; putting she left on it new and forms grew . another Nature . I could take not the gro ruins w that to be shell a proof into any of the hig pro her - they there gressive must was development something begin elsewhere wrong of human on at a the life new foundation . Men lan . had That ; built something broken well , shell but wrong yet is left in imperfectl the standing plan y ;
p there as a record of the past . " ' Thorndale , or the Conflict of Opinions , ' is a very remarkable
work , and will find its way into the hands of the reading public ,
and into the libraries of all scholars and thinkers .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/56/
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