Excerpt from The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 1878, Vol. 12 Most readers would dislike to admit without coercion that a law was adequate which obliged them to erase from literature if by literature were meant anything worthy of the title of mental product) all works except treatises on natural science, history, and statistics. Let us examine the '1'eason that Mr. Spencer appears to consider coercive. 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.