Excerpt from Burning Questions It cannot be denied that the latter opinion appears to be furnished with weighty reasons. From principles which may be true and lofty in and by themselves, nay, just because they are so, it is easy to fall into theories and to become regularly entangled in them. And if what people say about stern principles cannot be wholly justified, since there is hardly any truth which has not presented its stern, repel Ient side to error and convenience, the case is different with regard to theories. Theories, however sure may be the principles on which they rest, are more or less subjective creations, which often look very startling from another person's subjective stand-point, and instead of winning people to the principles, often excite suspicion against them. Moreover, the more ideal their tendency, the more painful and irre concileable is the opposition in which they stand to reality. 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.