Excerpt from The Principles of the Higher Criticism and Their Practical Value: A Paper Read Before the Presbyterian Ministers' Association of Chicago, January 28, 1884 It has not certainly escaped the observation of any intelligent student of Biblical literature, that the difference between the Higher and all other forms of literary criticism is one of aim. It is the province of the Lower or Textual criticism to examine the text of a composition for'the purpose of asoer taining its truest and most Valuable meaning' that of the Higher, to examine the same text for the pur pose of discovering its origin and history. The Higher Criticism is based on the fundamental assump tion that every writing must give an account of its genesis and development, as it were, between the lines, and in a handwriting legible only by those who will take pains to familiarize themselves with the use of certain approved rules. 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.