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Excerpt from William George Ward and the Catholic Revival
The remaining subject dealt with in this book is that of Mr. Ward's treatment of the more fundamental problems of religious belief which have been exercising the minds of Englishmen during the latter half of this century. The effect of his polemic against John Stuart Mill and Dr. Alexander Bain on such critical questions as Freewill, Necessary Truths, the Nature of Conscience, the true analysis of our Powers of Knowledge, is borne witness to in documents cited in this volume, not only by those who shared his views as Dr. Martineau and Mr. Hutton, but by his chief Opponents as Mr. Mill, Dr. Rain, and Professor Huxley. Although the statement of some of the problems has somewhat changed since Mr. Ward dealt with them, a considerable portion of his writing is as applicable now as formerly. His main conten tions and his positions on the chief questions in debate are analysed in the thirteenth chapter of this work.
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