THE NATURAL HISTORY OF

ATHEISM

OF ATHEISM

BY JOHN STUART BLACKIE

PROFESSOR OF GREEK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

"Mala et impia est consuetudo contra deos disputandi, sive ex animo id fit,
sive simulate."-CICERO

LONDON:

PRINTED BY VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED,

CITY ROAD.

VI. THE ATHEISM OF REACTION; MODERN ENGLISH ATHEISTS

AND AGNOSTICS; MARTINEAU AND TYNDALL

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