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56 ministers to the former class of people, Christianity to the latter.

‘’Capability of vision.’’—Throughout the whole of the Middle Ages it was considered the real and distinguishing characteristic of highest humanity to be capable of vision, that is to say, of a profound mental derangement.In truth, the medieval maxims of all loftier natures (of the religious) aim at making man capable of vision.No wonder that this overrating of half-mad, fantastic, fanatical people, so-called me of genius, is continuing its course in our days. “They have seen things which others do not see," certainly; yet this very circumstauce should fill us with caution, not with faith!

‘’Price of the believer’’—He who attaches so great an importance to being believed in, as to vouchsafe heaven for this belief, nay, everybody, be he even a malefactor on the cross, must have suffered of a terrible doubt an experienced every form of crucifixion : else he would not buy his faithful followers so dearly.

‘’The first Christian’’—Everybody still believes in the literary activity of the “Holy Ghost," or is subject to the lingering influence of this belief: when we open