Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"We would there were no occasion to extend the critic's glance beyond the circle of triflers and pendants who improperly wear the title of men of science. But it is also undeniable that the treatment of new subjects by those whose rank is high in the scientific world but too often passes unchallenged, when it [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"To close the question, the Positivists neglect no means to overthrow Spiritualism in favor of their religion. Their high priests are made to blow their trumpets untiringly; and though the walls of no modern Jericho are ever likely to tumble down in dust before their blast, still they neglect no means to attain the desired [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"We have to add but a few more words before we drop this unpleasant subject. We have found Positivists particularly happy in the delusion that the greatest scientists of Europe were Comtists.   How far their claims may be just, as regards other savants, we do not know, but Huxley, whom all Europe considers one [...]