(By Arrangement with the "Daily Tetegrapn.")
However all the species of oratory seem, fo have but one namely, to persuade. An orator should now well the character, and mode of thinking of the people fo whom he speaks: He should favour their prejudices and praise and "butter" them in wholesale style. He must do everything possible for to attain his end, and that to persuade them to think as he does on a certain subject—to rouse them to action and to keep them to it when once alit. To Persuade is then the answer to this query. 3. "What are the two great——~ to the cultivation of the Arts? do not knew what word you use here whether is it "Perquisites" or Requisites, or what. Two great requisites are "people to work" and materials to work on." T think have never heard of "the two great requisites": so I cannot answer this question.
4. What is the design of Oratory? You asked me this question before: you did not read your letter a second time, or you would have noticed the Usless repetition.
5. On what grounds did Plate, a heathen, believe in the immortality of the soul? Such a query! How will T ever go into this. TH not mind It to-night: so TT commence a new sheet on this subject the first evening this week that T have time.
Dee. 6.
A week thas now gone by since wrote the last sheet: T have Deen kept so very busy that I could not finish my letter to you.
The reasons for which Plate be-Heved in the Immortality of the soul are contained In his Phaedo: As {ar fas I could extract them by reading they are as follows. "It was believed by some in his day that the moment man died his soul was dispersed an4, vanishing like smoke, no longer excited anywhere. In oppecition to this Plate (giving his own opinions, although putting them tne the mouth of Socrates) refers to the ancient belief, which prevailed amongst men, that souls departing thence exist in Hades and are re-
Produced again from the dead. After this he goes on to say that there is a certain abstract beauty and food ness and magnitude and so of all other things: it is on this that he principally founds his argument for the soul's Immortality. Ho armness that everything that is beautiful 's form partaking of abstract beauty, and great from partaking mamitide, and Little from. par= taking of Iittleness, Now.
Impossible. he says, the contraries can exist in the same thing at the same time; for Instance the same thing cannot assess both magnitude and lit-fleness, but one will withdraw at firs approach of the other: and not only, so, but things, which, though not contrary to each other, yet always contain' contraries within themselves. cannot ce-exist: for Instance the number three has no contrary, yet it con tains within itself the idea of the od. which is the contrary to even, and three never can become even: in ike} manner. heat while It Is hea never admit the idea of its contrary—cold. Now if this method of reasoning will be applied to the soul, it wil be found. to be immortal; for lite and death re contraries" and never can ce-exist, but wherever the soul is there is life, so that it contains within itself that, which is eontrary to death, and consequently can-decorated with flags on New Year's day, fund Europeans largely availed them= Selves of the. holiday to Indulge ta, Plenies "and excursions "up. country." The Amateur Dramatle Corps gave, Successful Performance on tie 6th instant. A "concert isto "take place chortle In ald of the funda for building Sallors'" Homie, "Another theatrical Derformance is promised by the German Community, so" that we may" fairly resume that the Amoy Season has com-
Phot re "Norrw-Cunea Dart News," or Feanvany 19, 1875 'A scene' of unprecedented enthusiasm and exellement was witnessed on the ecaslon of. the benedt of Madarre Raeline Part, st Moscow, on. December Emo aero selected wat "Il Barblere Sevigita"™ and ea "great was _the demand. for places, although the. prices were doubled that" the theatre was thronged, and the Tecelpts amounted to the enormous sum of £1.00. The coup Getat afforded by the crowded house most striking, and when the gifted! Zrlist appeared Upon the stage. she was] rected with a burst of applause that Was long protracted. "tu the lesson eerie,, tne Introduction of the Show Song from "Dinorah" evoked another fervent demonstration of delight on the Dart of the audience, who were. not Entisded until the benefclaire had three times responded to their demands for ts repetition. "At the. conclusion of the; pers. Madame Part was presented with five splendid. stars of" Fubles, and) iamonas, together with a "magnificent Srnament consisting entirely of large Sefitonts. When ie is" stated that in the course of the evening she. was Galied before' the curtain no less, than Sixty. times, and that upwards of thousand bouquets were showered upon her, some idea may be formed of the extraordinary. triumph she achieves. immortal." not admit of death; therefore it is
The preceding is an extract "from, Cery's summary of the arguments in the Phaedo.
This appears to be the way by why Plate attempted to prove the immortality of the soul: it is a most ditteult job to prove it, indeed I am inclined to think that it is not possible to be proved. The belief in iis immortality appears to be an intuitive or instinctive belief: "it is something like Eternity—we must believe it, but we cannot prove it. Of course, if the Bible be believed (which only fools disbelieve) by taking our arguments from it we can make its immortality plain, Without the Bible it can only be proved by Analogy, as in the Arst chapter Bishop Butler's "Analogy of Region." I have now given you Plato's reasons as they have come down to us in his works.
T could scarcely keep from laughing at your calling Plate a heathen. There are a great many who set him in opposition to Christ, so great was his morality: he was a mast excellent man, when there was no Revelation, you know he lived several centuries Before Christ. T must close now: J suppose you will not be coming homo at Christmas, Ihave only another fortnight to be at College before my
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