AN ESSAY,
IN CONFUTATION OF THE SCEPTICISM
OF THE PRESENT DAY,
WHICH OBTAINED A PRIZE AT OXFORD, NOV. 26TH, 1872.
BY THE REVEREND
WILLIAM JACKSON, M.A., F.S.A.,
FORMERLY FELLOW OF WORCESTER COLLEGE,
AUTHOR OF "POSITIVISM," "RIGHT AND WRONG,"
"THE GOLDEN SPELL," ETC.
NEW YORK:
A. D. F. RANDOLPH & CO.,
BROADWAY.
MDCCCLXXV.
to the most noble
THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY,
chancellor
of the
university of oxford,
&c., &c., &c.,
the following pages are,
with his lordship's permission,
respectfully inscribed
by their Author.
From the "Oxford University Gazette" of June 14th, 1870.
PRIZE ESSAY.
Circumstances have induced an Individual, who wishes to remainunknown, to offer a Prize of £100, to be competed for by Membersof the University of Oxford of not less standing than Master of Arts,and by any above that standing, for the best Essay in confutation ofthe Materialism of the present day by arguments derived from Evidencesof Intelligence, Design, Contrivance, and Adaptation of Meansto Ends, in the Universe, and especially in Man considered in hisMoral Nature, his Religious Aptitudes, and his Intellectual Powers;and in all Organic Nature. The observation also to be made andsupported in the course of the Essay that the Will and Wisdom ofthe Creator may be a sufficient cause for deviations from the establishedcourse of nature, and that the Free-will of man, in things within hispower and influence, may be a cause of similar deviations.
It is desired that all arguments used against Materialism should beindependent of those of Hegel, and of what is called the Spiritual Philosophy,which had its rise in Germany.
A period of two years will be allowed after the Public Announcementof the subject before the competing Essays will be required to be sent into the Judges: and it is a condition of the competition that the Copyrightof the successful Essay shall be the property of the Donor of thePrize; but that if published, the profits (if any) shall belong to theWriter.
The Very Reverend the Dean of St. Paul's, the Regius Professor ofDivinity, and the Rev. C. Pritchard, Savilian Professor of Astronomy,have consented to act as Judges.
Essays must be sent to the Registrar of the University on or before the12th of June, 1872. The Essays are to be distinguished by mottoes, thewriter's name being sent at the same time in a sealed envelope, in themanner prescribed for the Chancellor's Prizes.
F. K. LEIGHTON,
Vice-Chancellor.All Souls College,
June 13, 1870.
After the decease of Dean Mansel the last clause but one ofthe above notice was thus modified in the Gazette for Dec.5th, 1871:—
The Very Reverend the Dean of Canterbury, the Regius Professorof Divinity, and the Rev. C. Pritchard, Savilian Professor of Astronomy,have consented to act as Judges.
The following announcement appeared in the Gazette forNov. 26th, 1872:—
PRIZE ESSAY.
The Judges appointed to a
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