Excerpt from Atheism and the Value of Life: Five Studies in Contemporary Literature The following essays, though not originally published in connexion with each other, will be found to embody a consecutive train of thought, and to follow one another in a connected and logical order. They have been written at va rions dates during the past five years. The first four appeared in the 'edinburgh Review, ' and are now republished through the courtesy of Messrs. Longman. The last appeared in The Nineteenth Century, ' and is republished in ao cordance with an arrangement made by myself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.