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Excerpt from The Value of Life: A Reply to Mr. Mallock''s Essay Is Life Worth Living?
Two strong bases of argument are common to both the recollection of the glories of the past, and th forecast of the dangers of the future. Every powerful past must have had powers entitling it to respect, and every living future is awaited by dangers, since danger is inseparable from living. At the present day no one denies the power of either Greek polytheism or of mediaeval Catholicism. But in regard to the dangers of Catholicism, which were or might have been foreseen by Julian, and to those of Positivism, so vividly appre hended by Mr. Mallock, there is a very wide difference of opinion. As a rule, those who would agree with him that Positivism threatens to enwrap the world at night, or at least twilight, are disposed to regard the rise of Catholicism as the dawn of day.
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Two strong bases of argument are common to both the recollection of the glories of the past, and th forecast of the dangers of the future. Every powerful past must have had powers entitling it to respect, and every living future is awaited by dangers, since danger is inseparable from living. At the present day no one denies the power of either Greek polytheism or of mediaeval Catholicism. But in regard to the dangers of Catholicism, which were or might have been foreseen by Julian, and to those of Positivism, so vividly appre hended by Mr. Mallock, there is a very wide difference of opinion. As a rule, those who would agree with him that Positivism threatens to enwrap the world at night, or at least twilight, are disposed to regard the rise of Catholicism as the dawn of day.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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