ON THE CONNEXION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND REVEALED RELIGION. DELIVERED IN ROME BY NICHOLAS WISEMAN, D.D. PRINCIPAL OF THE ENGLISH COLLEGE, AND PROFESSOR IN THE VOL. II. علم از بهر دین پروردنست "Science should be dedicated to the service of religion." GULISTAN, viii. 4. LONDON: JOSEPH BOOKER, 61, NEW BOND STREET. gt-wenley Lib 3-16-39 LECTURE THE SEVENTH. ON EARLY HISTORY. PART I. Their CONNEXION of this Subject with the preceding.-INDIANS. Exaggerated ideas regarding their Antiquity. Astronomy. Bailly's attempt to prove its extraordinary antiquity. Confutation by Delambre and Montucla. Researches of Davis and Bentley. Opinions of Schaubach, Laplace, and others.-Chronology. Researches of Sir W. Jones, Wilfort, and Hamilton. Attempts of Heeren to fix the commencement of Indian History. Discoveries of Colonel Tod.-OTHER ASIATIC NATIONS. Latest researches into the early history of the Armenians, Georgians, and Chinese. VOL. II. B LECTURE THE SEVENTH. AFTER having thus ascertained, as far as we may, when was first constructed and adorned this theatre, upon which have been acted all the great scenes of human life, it may seem superfluous to interrogate those who have trod its stage, how long it is since they commenced their varied drama of war and peace, of barbarism and civilization, of rude vices and of simple virtues. For, in nature, whom we have hitherto consulted, there is no pride, no desire, and no power, to represent herself other than in reality she is. But if we ask the oldest nations, when they sprang up, and when they first entered on the career of their social existence, there arise instantly, in the way of a candid reply, a multitude of petty ambitions, jealousies, and prejudices; and there intervenes between us and the truth a mist of ignorance, wilful or traditional, which involves the enquiry both in mystery and perplexity, and leaves us to find our way by the aid of the most uncertain elements, with the constant danger of most serious error. There have been, moreover, learned and acute investigators, who, having peculiar ends to gain |