Excerpt from The Princeton Review: April, 1868 There is, however, a just sense in which the word truth is used subjectively: not for the standard or representation of reality; but for conformity to that standard in word, life, and action, particularly in our communications to others. In this sense we speak of men of truth, meaning men who live and act and speak the truth, especially the latter, i. E., veracity. Taken on every side, truth is the object, source, standard, measure, and conformity to it is the sum and essence, of all excellence, intellectual, moral, and spiritual. It is only in knowing, loving, and obeying the truth that a rational sub stance finds its true and proper beihg and development, felicity and glory. All deflection from, or loss of, the truth, is for it abnormity, debasement, and perdition. Hence the Absolute Perfection of any being is his Absolute Truth. The root of all God's moral perfection is that he is infinite in truth, of which he is the prime source, standard, and norm. And the summation and climax of the glories of Him who hath a name above every name, and embodies every human and divine excellence, lie in this, that He is the Truth. As the Eternal Word, he evermore articulates in creation, providence, and redemption, the truth to the intelligent universe. His glory as the Only Begotten of the Father, is that he is full of grace and Truth. It is then a first principle that all goodness supposes fealty to the truth, as its ground, essence, and fruit; and that all depravity begins and ends in treason to the truth. What then are our chief obligations to the truth? 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.