Fiske, John
. The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SCHOOLS. With Topical Analysis, Suggestive Questions and Directions for Teachers, by FRANK A. HILL.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. CONSIDERED WITH SOME REFERENCE TO ITS ORIGINS. With Questions on the Text by FRANK A. HILL, and Bibliographical Notes.
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. In Riverside Literature Series, No. 62.
THE DISCOVERY AND SPANISH CONQUEST OF AMERICA. With Maps.
OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS.
THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND or, The Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty.
THE SAME. Illustrated Edition. Containing Portraits, Maps, Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials.
THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES. 2 vols. crown 8vo.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 2 vols.
THE SAME. Illustrated Edition. Containing Portraits, Maps Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials. 2 vols.
THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF AMERICAN HISTORY. 1783-1789.
THE SAME. Illustrated Edition. Containing Portraits, Maps Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials
THE DESTINY OF MAN, viewed in the Light of His Origin.
THE IDEA OF GOD, as affected by Modern knowledge, A Sequel to "The Destiny of Man."
THROUGH NATURE TO GOD.
MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS. Old Tales and Superstitions interpreted by Comparative Mythology.
OUTLINES OF COSMIC PHILOSOPHY. Based on the Doctrine of Evolution, with Criticisms on the Positive Philosophy.
THE UNSEEN WORLD, and other essays.
EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST.
DARWINISM, and Other Essays.
AMERICAN POLITICAL IDEAS.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND CHICAGO
THE UNSEEN WORLD, AND OTHER ESSAYS
BY JOHN FISKE
Euripedes
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1876, BY JOHN FISKE
COPYRIGHT, 1904 AND 1918, BY ABBY M. FISKE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
JAMES SIME.
MY DEAR SIME:
Life has now and then some supreme moments of pure happiness, which in reminiscence give to single days the value of months or years. Two or three such moments it has been my good fortune to enjoy with you, in talking over the mysteries which forever fascinate while they forever baffle us. It was our midnight talks in Great Russell Street and the Addison Road, and our bright May holiday on the Thames, that led me to write this scanty essay on the "Unseen World," and to whom could I so heartily dedicate it as to you? I only wish it were more worthy of its origin. As for the dozen papers which I have appended to it, by way of clearing out my workshop, I hope you will read them indulgently, and believe me
Ever faithfully yours,
JOHN FISKE.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, February 3, 1876.
CONTENTS.
I. THE UNSEEN WORLD. . . . . . . . . . . .1
II. "THE TO-MORROW OF DEATH". . . . . . 59
III. THE JESUS OF HISTORY. . . . . . . . . 66
IV. THE CHRIST OF DOGMA . . . . . . . . .101
V. A WORD ABOUT MIRACLES . . . . . . . .129
VI. DRAPER ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION. . . .138
VII. NATHAN THE WISE . . . . . . . . . . .147
VIII. HISTORICAL DIFFICULTIES. . . . .169
IX. THE FAMINE OF 1770 IN BENGAL. . . . .190
X. SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS . . . . . .211
XI. LONGFELLOW'S DANTE. . . . . . . . . .237
XII. PAINE'S "ST. PETER" . . . . . . . .266
XIII. A PHILOSOPHY OF ART. . . . . . .280
XIV. ATHENIAN AND AMERICAN LIFE. . . . . .302
INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
