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 NOTES AND COEEESPONDENCE. 319 men and the whole universe bear to Him, the knowledge of the nature and foundation of ethics or morals, and of all obligations and duties thence arising " ; having long " been deeply and firmly convinced " that such knowledge, " when really felt and acted on, is the means of man's highest well-being and the security of his upward progress". The lecturers are to be paid out of the annual proceeds of the funds, and to be appointed for two years only, but " the same lecturer may be reappointed for other two periods of* two years each, provided that no one person shall hold the office of lecturer in the same city for more than six years in all, it being desirable that the subjects be promoted and illustrated by different minds ". Then follow these notable provisions : " Fourth, the lecturers appointed shall be subjected to no test of any kind, and shall not be required to take any oath, or to emit or sub- scribe any declaration of belief, or to make any promise of any kind ; they may be of any denomination whatever, or of no denomination at all (and many earnest and high-minded men prefer to belong to no ecclesiastical denomination) ; they may be of any religion or way of thinking, or, as is sometimes said, they may be of no religion, or they may be so-called sceptics or agnostics or free-thinkers, provided only that the 'patrons' will use dili- gence to secure that they be able, reverent men, true thinkers, sincere lovers of and earnest inquirers after truth. Fifth, I wish the lecturers to treat their subject as a strictly natural science, the greatest of all possible sciences in- deed, in one sense, the only science, that of Infinite Being without reference to or reliance upon any supposed special exceptional or so-called miraculous revelation. I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is. I have intentionally indicated, in describing the subject of the lectures, the gene- ral aspect which personally I would expect the lectures to bear, but the lecturers shall be under no restraint whatever in their treatment of their theme ; for example, they may freely discuss (and it may be well to do so) all questions about man's conceptions of God or the Infinite, their origin, nature and truth, whether he can have any such conceptions, whether God is under any or what limitations, and so on, as I am persuaded that nothing but good can result from free discussion." It will be interesting to watch the fortunes and the outcome of the large-hearted man's foundations. THE ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETY FOR THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY. (22 Albemarle Street, W.). The papers read since last record have been the following : In 1886 Dec. 6, " Neo-Kantianism in relation to Science," by Mr. G. J. Eomanes, F.E.S. ; and Dec. 20, " Malebranche," by Mr. H. W. Carr, Hon. Sec. In 1887 Jan. 10, "The Ancient Distinction of Logic, Physic and Ethic," by the Rev. A. Chandler ; Jan. 24, " The Theory of Motion," by the Rev. E. P. Scrymgour, Y.P. ; Feb. 7, " The Monadology of Leibniz," by Miss M. S. Handley; and Feb. 21, "Recent Psych ophysical Researches," by Dr. J. M. Cattell. The papers in every instance were followed by a discussion. REVUE PHILOSOPHIQUE. An. xii., No. 1. R. Garofalo Le delit naturel. V. Brochard La methode experimental chez les anciens. G. Sorel Le calcul des probability's et 1'experience. Observations et Docu- ments (A. Binet Note sur 1'ecriture hysterique. H. Neiglick De la methode des graduations moyennes pour les sensations lumineuses). Analyses et Comptes-rendus. Correspondance (M. Bernheim De la suggestion et de ses applications therapeutiques. M. A. Bertrand Corres- pondance inedite de Maine de Biran). Rev. des Period. Soc. de Psycho- logic physiolog. (P. Tannery Sur la parole interieure. Ch. Richet De la composition typographique et du style de quelques livres imprimes). No. 2. J. Delboeuf De la pretenclue veille somatique (i.). L. Bianchi et