THE

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DUBLIN REVIEW.

VOL. XXVII. NEW SERIES.

JULY-OCTOBER,

MDCCCLXXVI.

LONDON:

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1876,

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LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS, W.C.

CONTENTS.

ART. I.-PROFESSOR MIVART ON LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.

Liberty of conscience impeded by civil toleration of error

Inestimable blessing of the State's Catholic unity

Great desirableness that the State's true ethical basis be wide

The State's proper course towards any large development of atheistic

immorality.

Various modes among different nations of disposing of their dead

Cremation repugnant to Christianity .

In certain cases cremation might be preferable

Signor Burci on cremation.

Cremation ordered by Julian the Apostate

After his death it was discontinued until it was again proposed during

the French Revolution

Modern writings on the subject

No Catholic will advocate the practice

ART. III.-MR. MILL ON CAUSATION.

Recapitulation of former articles

Mr. Mill's sense of the word "cause"

The universal belief of mankind in a causation different from this

In what precise sense of the word do mankind universally believe

the existence of causation

The principle of causation established

Causation in no way depends on the uniformity of nature

The principle of causation entirely ampliative

ART. IV. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Divine judgments have been generally disregarded

Human miseries usually arise from a revolt against God

The view Washington took of religious matters.

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The deplorable religious condition of the United States

List of sects in the United States

The loyalty of the Catholics in the States

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Governments which pretend to rule without God and the Church are

bad

All republics rule selfishly.

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Any government based on the doctrine of the Reformation is a foe to

Enlightened public opinion in America at the present day objects to

the "sovereignty of the people"

Nor did the founders of the American republic approve of that doctrine 108

It will inevitably lead to despotism

No society can be durable unless it be in accord with the Church

Hope for the United States should that country become reconciled to

the Church.

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ART. V.-THE WITNESS OF S. IRENEUS TO CATHOLIC DOCTRINE.

The evidence S. Irenæus bears to the Catholic rule of faith

His comparison between Eve and the Virgin Mary

S. Irenæus on the Eucharist

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ART. VI.-MR. ALFRED AUSTIN'S HUMAN TRAGEDY.

Success of the author in fixing upon our own time for the date of his