Excerpt from Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 7: Hymns-Liberty Davidson (william leslie), m.a., LL.D. Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University Of Aberdeen; author of The Logic of Definition, English Words Ex plained, Theism as Grounded in Human Nature, Christian Ethics, The Stoic Creed. 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.