Whenever The Work Is Itself

Surely, If Knowledge Is Valuable, It Can Never Be Good Policy In A Country Far Wealthier Than Tuscany, To Allow A Genius Like Mr. Dalton's, To Be Employed In The Drudgery Of Elementary Instruction.

[in Response To Alfred Tennyson's Poem "vision Of Sin," Which Included The Line "every Moment Dies A Man, Every Moment One Is Born."] If This Were True, The Population Of The World Would Be At A Stand-still. In Truth, The Rate Of Birth Is Slightly In Excess Of Death. I Would Suggest That The Next Edition Of Your Poem Should Read: "every Moment Dies A Man, Every Moment 1 [and] 1/16 Is Born." Strictly Speaking, The Actual Figure Is So Long I Cannot Get It Into A Line, But I Believe The Figure 1 [and] 1/16 Will Be Sufficiently Accurate For Poetry.

The True Value Of The Christian Religion Rests, Not Upon Speculative Views Of The Creator, Which Must Necessarily Be Different In Each Individual, According To The Extent Of The Knowledge Of The Finite Being, Who Employs His Own Feeble Powers In Contemplating The Infinite: But It Rests Upon Those Doctrines Of Kindness And Benevolence Which That Religion Claims And Enforces, Not Merely In Favour Of Man Himself But Of Every Creature Susceptible Of Pain Or Of Happiness.

There Are Few Circumstances Which So Strongly Distinguish The Philosopher, As The Calmness With Which He Can Reply To Criticisms He May Think Undeservedly Severe.

The Church Has Been Reproached With Endeavouring To Appropriate To Itself All Those Professorships In Our Universities Which Are Connected With Science: It Is However Certain That The Larger Portion Of These Ill-remunerated Offices Have Been Filled By Clergymen.