THE LIFE

OF THE REV.

JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF;

WITH

PORTIONS OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE.

EDITED BY

JOHN HAMILTON THOM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

THE

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CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

PART III.-(continued.)

CHAPTER VIII.

1838.

His contemplation of the probable events of the year; his debility and

helplessness; decreasing hopes of usefulness; the truce with es-

tablished error even among inquiring men; no chance for positive

truth except from the course of Providence; his thankfulness for

the appointments of his own life, 3-4; Suabedissen's principles

of philosophical religion, 5; his desire to control all impatience

under suffering, 5; Letter to Mrs. -,5; Letter to Professor

Powell, on his work on the Connections of Natural and Divine

Truth,-Induction, Lord Bacon's,-Aristotle's; Religion opposed

to Science, because Science opposes Idol-worship, 6—7; Suabe-

dissen; Professor Powell, his work, his character; confusion of

thought among English writers on the connections of natural and

revealed Religion; the want of a due preparation of mental phi-

losophy; the study of the limits and applications of the mental

faculties; both external nature and the Bible appeal to some

principle within our own minds; that principle our leading guide;

a philosophical Work wanted on the source of our knowledge re-

specting God, 8-12; Mr. S. Martin, 12; the daily increase of

his feverishness, 12; Dr. Woodward's statement, that God cannot

prevent all evil, 13; the prospect of a day, 13-14; To