ON DREAMS, IN THEIR MENTAL AND MORAL ASPECTS, AND AS AFFORDING AUXILIARY ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT, FOR A PARTICULAR PROVIDENCE. In Two Essays, BY JOHN SHEPPARD, AUTHOR OF THOUGHTS ON DEVOTION, ETC. BIBLIOTEE Οὐδὲ γε ὅπως ἄφρων ἔσται ἡ ψυχή ἐπειδὰν τοῦ ἄφρονος "De tels faits, dont l'univers est tout plein, embarrassent LONDON: JACKSON AND WALFORD, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD. TO THE REVEREND JOHN STUART HIPPISLEY HORNER, PRESIDENT OF THE FROME SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY INSTITUTION, These Essays, FOUNDED ON LECTURES THERE DELIVERED IN MDCCCXLV. AND MDCCCXLVI. ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. PREFACE. THESE Essays will be found to contain so unusually large a share of citations, that the writer may be regarded by some rather as a compiler of materials, than as presenting thoughts of his own. It will be found, however, that-excepting a very few passages introduced as slightly illustrative, or ornamental—the citations consist of facts and authorities. Had these been omitted, any opinions advanced could have had but small weight or worth. ratives of facts demand space: inferences Nar |