The literature of leading articles becomes at this time of
the year' truly remarkable. One paper writes leaders in favour of eating poultry rather than beef. The leading journal begins a magni- ficent article with the truly remarkable statement " The progress of truth is in all places and under all circumstances the same," and finds that truth concerning patents now progresses precisely as truth concerning Christianity once did. A correspondent on Thursday, honoured with large type, announces a cure for the cholera. Nobody must be afraid of it, and they must be told not to be afraid in the Times, in which case of course fear will become impossible. " Mental emotion," says the writer, " rules the physical condition. Faith is not only the victory that overcometh the world, but the inspiration also that defies the cholera. This is not empiricism ; it is not an infallible preventive, but it is— force. These words spoken in pulpit, or on platform, or printed in a pamphlet, reach only a few. Appearing in the Times, they will be read wherever the cholera travels." No doubt. And what a pity the cows cannot read the Times, for so general a prescription as this would surely do as well for one disease as another. But as the recipe is not "infallible," only " force," we conclude it would not apply to those who, if they cannot feel faith, also cannot feel fear.
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