Excerpt from The English and Foreign Philosophical Library, Vol. 21

For Quinet wrestled with the spirit of the age during a long night, refusing to let it go until he had learnt its secret and obtained its blessing. The man who has done this must prevail. It matters little, as regards Quinet, whether this book effects its object or no, he is certain in the end to be acknowledged a prince among thinkers. He can afford to wait, but we cannot, for he is the kind of teacher we need - the teacher who will revive not only our faith in Truth, Justice, Liberty, but in the History of Humanity, in the Order of Nature, and in that Reli gion which is the chief source of life and purification -the religion of Jesus Christ.

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