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Show TAKEN AT A DISADVANTAGE. Professor Realled He Was Distinctly Out of His Element. , Hnthcr than disappoint tho class, tlii profehsoi ot moinl phllosophj, v.lio wns Buffering fmni n neivous If l nche, had lead the lectin o prip, -a for tho occasion, and was waiting o answer anj questions that might b asked bj tho students "I beg jour pardon, professor bad one or the joung men. 'but there is one point that is not quite clear In my mind Suppose that a hypothosla or perhaps It would be nioio nearly near-ly sjnchionous to speak of It as a corollaiy In n cnie of mental disci plltio, oi, we will say. a veibal agiee-met.t, agiee-met.t, as to the nbstiact pilnclples In volved. what would be the correct at tltmlo when two or more propositions npparently umciele, but ically differentiated differ-entiated by vagueness not wholly Imaginary, but more in less complicated compli-cated wlfth tho peisonnl equation'' Does It not so occur to you' 'I am not sure Hint I follow you," answered the professor, wiping- his peiipirltiK foichead Please btn'et'io P"i position again, a littlo more slut ply " "What I want to know Is this When n piocesR of loosening assumes tho form of n dilemma, not unnecessailly, of lourse, but none the less ambiguous ambigu-ous because of the nppaiont contradictory contra-dictory natuio or the qualities, or, rathei, the ruiunpllon that the existence ex-istence of tho ethical pwibloms under consideration depends upon the suto or condition of mind, thus placing tho lesponslbllllj for tho iclatlvo divergence diverg-ence wheio It propel ly belongs mid leaving the Intellect fieo from prejudice preju-dice or iimp n bias' Is not this fairly fair-ly doduclhlt . ' ' I I pres-'iuo so,' Tailored tho pio feasor, whoso head was In n whirl. "Tho fact h, gentlemen, I really should not 1 ve attempted to" "Then," i "'Joined tho young man, triumphant!'-, "that biings up nn old quest Ion tin I havo never yet heard satlsfacloill, utisweied Whnt has tho coirelat u of fuices, when divested divest-ed of its in Ulform and purely hypothetical hypo-thetical Idlo nciaslcs, to offer as n so lution for tho lestoratlon of tho Jews or the imiuoi-inllty of tho human soul. In which the Canadians havo been most unjust accused?" By promp'ly dismissing tho class the professor saved himself from total collapse |