The path towards knowledge; discourses on some difficulties of the day

W. (William) Cunningham

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• Social Problems (journal)

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• Langue: English
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THE PATH TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE
;
DISCOURSES ON SOME DIFFICULTIES
OF THE DAY.THE
PATH TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE;
DISCOURSES ON SOME DIFFICULTIES
OF THE DAY.
BY
W. D.D.CUNNINGHAM,
FELLOW AND LECTURER OF TRINITY AND VICAR OF GREAT S.COLLEGE, MARY'S,
CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS
;
IK KING'S LONDON.COLLEGE,
' sed docendi fontemSe autera non credendi aperire gloriantur."jugum imponere,
S. De Util. 21.AUSTIN, Cred,,
& OIoJfletljuen
18 BURY LONDON. W.C.STREET,
1891
[All Sights reserved]CLAY AND SONS.RICHARD LIMITED,
AND BUNOAY.LONDONPREFACE.
wereTHE volume consists of discourses whichpresent
to but were in no caseaddressed educated audiences,
of onintended for Collections addressesspecialists.
different must be canunsystematic ; theytopics always
rather thanto illustrate a line ofonly profess thought
to offer a : at bebest, they maycomplete argument
Therather thansuggestive convincing. present
volume touches on so that the readermany subjects
find it thread of connexiondifficult to tracemay any
between its There are no suchparts. connecting
links isbut at the same the whole more homo-; time,
than it It deals withgeneous subjectsmight appear.
about which of us are in themany puzzled present day,
and it deals with them from the of one whostandpoint
has tried to make the Christian Faith the of hisguide
own who has found that it him to see morelife, helps
in and who therefore believesclearly many perplexities,
that it will a true to others if willprove guide they
follow its Each of us must face theleading. problems
of life for if he faces them at but none ofhimself, all,
"
usneed face them alone. Deo donanteadjuvante atque
. . noster intellectus ad
. proficit intelligenda quae
credat."vi PREFACE.
"
What has the Christian Faith toguidance give for
"
actual nineteenth social I? asMuch,century problems
believe: and I have tried to illustrate this belief by
how Christian deals withshowing morality suggestions
which are discussed in corners and withbeing quiet
bated as well as with the of morebreath, proposals
vehement
agitators.
1
"But is this to ~be trusted } Is theall,after guide
Christian Faith tenable men ? Can itby thinking to-day
hold its and not be to retreat as em-groundfirmly forced
science advances ? Are not morepirical spiritual faiths
maintained in the East ? Is there not a less debateable
"
in ? I have tried to illustrate somefaith Humanity
of the reasons- for that the Christian Faith isbelieving
attacks which were made
trustworthy, by examining
it as well as the claims of its latest rival.upon long ago,
"At least is it not discredited the divisionsby among
'
'
Christians and insubordinationthe ofprofessing by
"
some the ? To me at least it does not seemof clergy
that these us in its teaching,things justify neglecting
I one orand have exemplified my opinion by taking
two instances.prominent
The various addresses then all serve to illustrate the
same of at modern life and its difficulties :way looking
and have for the most a certain simi-besides,they part,
from their form. A few verballarity colloquial changes
have been but otherwise the discourses areintroduced,
as were written fornow printed they delivery.
C.W.
GREAT S. MARY'S, CAMBRIDGE,
1891.-July 2,