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again State Archivist. He edited the j Freiinaurer Zeitung, and was one of the leading Freemasons of Switzerland. His numerous historical works, including an eight-volume general history of culture (1877-1908) and various volumes on social and ethical questions, are all Rationalistic (especially Die Jesuiten, 1889). He says in his Autobiography that he &quot; cast off all the fetters of the creeds &quot; at the university, though in his later work he is Theistic.

HENNELL, Charles Christian, writer. B. Mar. 30, 1809. Ed. private schools. He went to work as a clerk at the age of fifteen, when he already knew French, Latin, and Greek, but continued to study in his leisure. In 1838 he set up a pros perous business of his own. Charles Bray [SEE] married his sister, and the connec- i tion led Hennell to a study of the Bible ; which compelled him to renounce Uni- j tarianism. His work, Inquiry Concerning \ the Origin of Christianity (1838), was j translated into German and Italian. He j was a Theist (Christian Theism, 1839). \ D. Sep. 2, 1850.

HENNELL, Mary, writer, sister of C. C. Hennell. B. May 23, 1802. Like her brother, Miss Hennell felt the influence of C. Bray and abandoned Unitarianism. She wrote an essay entitled &quot; Outline of the Various Social Systems and Com munities which have been Founded on the Principle of Co-operation,&quot; which was published as an appendix to Bray s Philo sophy of Necessity (1841) and separately printed in 1844. D. Mar. 16, 1843.

HENNEQUIN, Emile, French critic. B. 1858. Ed. Geneva. He entered the journalistic world of Paris, on the Havas Agency, and was then on the staff of Le Temps until his death. His literary work, especially a Critique Scientifique published a few weeks before his death, gave promise of great distinction, and he was a thorough Rationalist, but he died prematurely July 14, 1888.

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HERAULT DE SECHELLES, Marie Jean, French writer. B. Sep. 20, 1759. He was a well-known Parisian lawyer, who was in 1783 appointed Advocate General of the Paris Parlement. His Visite a Buff on (1785, re-issued in 1829 as Voyage a Montbard) is our best testimony to Buffon s views. Being &quot; a pupil of Diderot &quot; (Grande Encyc.), he accepted the Revolution and was made a judge. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly and of the Committee of Legislation, and was in 1792 President of the Legislative Assembly. He was guillotined Apr. 5, 1794.

HERBERT, Edward, first Baron Her bert of Cherbury. B. Mar. 3, 1582. Ed. privately, and at Oxford (University Col lege). Herbert was a gifted and industrious student, whose accomplishments drew attention to him early in life. In 1603 he was created Knight of the Bath, and in 1606 Sheriff of Montgomeryshire. He served in the Dutch War, and travelled all over Europe. In London he was a great friend of Ben Jonson, Selden, and Carew. In 1619 he went as Ambassador to Paris, where, in 1624, he published the first Deistic treatise, De Veritate. He wrote other works on religion in Latin. He entirely rejected revelation as priestly trickery, but his natural theology was mystic and Platonist. D. Aug. 20, 1648.

HERBERT, Auberon Edward William Molyneux, D.C.L., reformer. B. June 18, 1838, son of the third Earl of Carnarvon. ! Ed. Eton and Oxford (St. John s College). He served in the army from 1858 to 1862, ! Civil Law. He was lecturer on history and jurisprudence at St. John s College until 1869, when he resigned his fellow ship. In the Dano-Prussian War (1864) he received knighthood in the Order of the Dannebrog for rescuing the wounded under fire. In 1866 he became private secretary to Sir Stafford Northcote, and he was M.P. for Nottingham 1870-74. Herbert was
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