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P.S.—I should be doing injustice to the very sincere sentiments of respect I entertain for Mr. Lewes's varied and brilliant attainments (which constitute him a kind of link between the material and spiritual sides of Nature), and of gratitude for the pleasure the perusal of his “History of Philosophy” has afforded me, were I to part company with him without disclaiming all acrimony of feeling, if perchance any too strident tones should have seemed to mingle with my enforced reply. In naming him in the original offending footnote (the fountain of these tears), my purpose was simply to emphasise the necessity of protesting against what seemed to me an unsound form of words, àpropos of Kant, which went on receiving countenance from such and so eminent writers as himself and the others named; and I should be false to my own instincts did I not at heart admire the courageous spirit with which, almost unaided and alone (like a good knight of old), he has done his best to defend his position and maintain his ground against all oppugners.
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S., J. Kant's View of Space. Nature 1, 360 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001360b0
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