Excerpt from Lectures on Humanism: With Special Reference to Its Bearings on Sociology A short course such as this must necessarily appear very sketchy and inadequate. One can hardly hope that it will do more than awaken reflection, and suggest directions in which further light may be sought. But even this is probably worth doing, especially at a time when the im portance of philosophical principles in the general life Of mankind is becoming more and more appar ent. The concluding lecture contains hints of ideas which the author hopes shortly to be able to develop more fully. 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.