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Credit: Materialism / by J.M. Winn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![sentiment, which Dr. Tyndall looks upon as a “ form of force ” which is dangerous if not limited to its proper sphere of emotion ! The strongest contrast, however, to the materialistic opinions so conspicuously brought forward in the Address, as well as in Dr. Tyndall’s other published works, is exhibited in the following extract from the preface to the reprint of the Address, which appeared about a month after its delivery. “ I have noticed during years of self-observation that it is not in hours of clear- ness and vigour that this doctrine [material atheism] commends itself to my mind ; that in the presence of stronger and healthier thought it ever dissolves and disappears, as offering no solution of the mystery in which we dwell, and of which we form a part.” It is deeply to be deplored that Dr. Tyndall did not mention this fact when he delivered his address at Belfast, and promulgated doctrines which are calculated to undermine the faith of thousands, and which,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22319487_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
