THE LOGIC OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: BEING A DISSERTATION ON SCEPTICISM, PANTHEISM, THE A PRIORI ARGUMENT, THE A POSTERIORI ARGUMENT, BY PATRICK EDWARD DOVE, AUTHOR OF "THE THEORY OF HUMAN PROGRESSION," "THE ELEMENTS OF EDINBURGH: JOHNSTONE AND HUNTER. LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS. M.DCCC.LVI ΤΟ THE HON. CHARLES SUMNER, SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES. ESTEEMED AND DEAR SIR, When, without my knowledge, you did me the honour to procure in the United States the republication of "The Theory of Human Progression," I was engaged, without your knowledge, in procuring the republication in this country of one of those splendid orations which, in the present day and in the English language, have no superiors, and scarcely an equal. This circumstance alone would have induced the present dedication; but as it is known to the world that you stand in the fore-front of a most momentous struggle, that you represent, more than any living man, the principle of free thought, free speech, and the self-government of free citizens, that literature, philosophy, eloquence, and high position, have combined to shed lustre round the name of CHARLES SUMNER, I beg leave to dedicate this volume to you, as a tribute of respect. Your faithful servant and friend, PATRICK EDWARD DOVE. |