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MR. WHITE. 1291
Mr. White in 1856.
thought, that we must necessarily
confine ourselves to a very super
ficial view .... In magnetism, as
in astronomy, the ’Principia’ is
no less rich in original thought
and discovery ... So full is it
of truths respecting magnetism
which the world generally sup
poses to be a novelty of the
present day, that we could not
imagine a greater pleasure or
surprise awaiting any one devoted
to the prosecution of magnetic
science, than the perusal of this
commonly supposed old-fashioned
or antiquated ’Principia’ of
speculative science . . . The
’Principia,’ as its translator truly
says, ’is a book for the future,’
and taking these words in their
full import it would be hardly
possible to pronounce a higher
panegyric" (pp. 12, 15).
"The method pursued in the
’
Economy,
’ &c. is admirable. A
careful series of extracts, contain
ing facts from the best anatomists,
is prefixed to each chapter, and
thence is deduced the author’s
theory." Of the " Animal King
dom" says White, "Taking for
his basis the dry facts of the
anatomists he proceeds to clothe
them with life and comeliness.
He shows how part is bound to
part in the human system, and
fills the cold details of science with
a warm and human interest.....
The worth of these books [’Eco
nomy’ and ’Animal Kingdom ’] has
been their preservative, and now
we behold their resurrection, and
Mr. White in 1867.
Swedenborg’s ’Principia’ by its
easy ’mathematical method,’ makes
the Creation of a World little
more mysterious than the cooking
of a dumpling .... The Prin
cipia,
’ amongst its few readers in
these days, has not wanted ad
mirers, who have found in it anti
cipations of many subsequent
discoveries .... That ’our modern
physical science is most deeply
indebted to Swedenborg’ is an
assertion" (
I, pp. 93, 94, 95, 96,
180).
"In order that Swedenborg
might discover the Soul in its
fastnesses he resolved to pierce
the Body from the outside,
membrane by membrane. After
seven years of search, he gave the
world the result in two volumes,
entitled, The Economy of the
Animal Kingdom’ .... Need I
say, that Swedenborg cut up the
Body, but did not cut into the
Soul? He came to Anatomy, not
for instruction, but for confirm
ation (I, pp. 121 , 131, 132.) In
the Prologue to his ’Animal King
dom’ Swedenborg says, "These
monsters of Hypotheses are born,
have their worshippers and their
day of glory, grow old, die, and
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