Note 17 — SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAYS. (continued 2)

Throughout these considerations I have confined myself to the positive side of the subject. My argument being of the nature of a criticism on the erroneous inferences which are drawn from the good qualities of our moral nature, I thought it desirable, for the sake of clearness, not to burden that argument by the additional one as to the source of the evil qualities of that nature. This additional argument, however, will be found briefly stated at the close of my supplementary essay on Professor Flint's "Theism." On reading that additional argument, I think that any candid and unbiassed mind must conclude that, alike in what it is not as well as in what it is, our moral nature points to a natural genesis, as distinguished from a supernatural cause.