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compelled to reconsider from a fresh point of view. As an interpreter of Scripture also, Mr. Robertson nowhere appears to greater advantage. While not ignoring difficult points, he is always looking for, and never fails to find, that which is profitable and edifying." From a few of the Notices on Mr. Robertson's "_The Human Race and other Sermons_." [THE ACADEMY.] "It need not be said that there is here much that is beautiful and happily expressed." [THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.] "The volume is as fresh and striking and suggestive as any of its predecessors. For unconventional and spiritual conceptions of Bible teachings; for unexpected, penetrating, and practical applications of them, and for general spiritual truth and force, these Sermons and Notes of Sermons are as noble as their predecessors." [THE ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.] "We are glad to see the publication of the eloquent Sermons now before us, especially those of a devout and practical character, such as those on the human race and education." [THE CHRISTIAN WORLD.] "These Sermons exhibit many of those features of unsurpassable excellence which have gained for the preacher a reputation which has had no equal in our time. They are full of thought and suggestiveness, and are marked by that rare beauty of style which Mr. Robertson's readers have learned to associate with all his Sermons. His devoted admirers--and how numerous they are--will be sure to place this new volume upon their shelves." A SELECTION FROM THE NOTICES BY THE PRESS OF "THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF THE LATE REV. F.W. ROBERTSON." [THE SPECTATOR.] "No book published since the 'Life of Dr. Arnold' has produced so strong an impression on the moral imagination and spiritual theology of England as we may expect from these volumes. Even for those who knew Mr. Robertson well, and for many who knew _him_, as they thought, better than his Sermons, the free and full discussion of the highest subjects in the familiar letters so admirably selected by the Editor of Mr. Robertson's _Life_, will give a far clearer insight into his remarkable character and inspire a deeper respect for his clear and manly intellect. Mr. Brooke has done his work a
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