Excerpt from Aspects of Scepticism: With Special Reference to the Present Time It is no secret that among the educated men of France and Italy, with the exception of a few individuals, the Christian dogma has ceased to hold any authoritative sway over either intellect or life. -w. E. Gladstone. An awful darkness, spite of optimist assertion to the contrary, is slowly settling upon the most interesting part of European society. - edward white. Never since the suppression of Pagan Philosophy was Christianity more attacked than now.' - professor bain. 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.