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He commences by quoting Hutcheson's doctrine of a Moral Sense, which he describes as an implanted and arbitrary principle, imparting a relish or disrelish for actions, like the sensibilities of the various senses. On this doctrine, he remarks, the Creator might have annexed the same sentiments to the opposite actions.
It is much such a life as people lead at Raasay, Applecross, or some other remote Highland place, only that people who come to visit here, unless they ride twenty-two miles, must come to the coast in the Jenny instead of being conveyed by one of David Hutcheson's luxurious steamers. If the Clansman were "put on," probably the great house would not contain the strangers who would arrive!
V. The relationship of Ethics to Politics and to Theology needs no remark. Hutcheson's views are to be found in his 'Inquiry into the Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, his 'Treatise on the Passions, and his posthumous work, 'A System of Moral Philosophy. The last-mentioned, as the completest exposition of his Ethics, Speculative and Practical, is followed here.
The latter, however, had gone down with a bad touch of malaria which he had picked up in the deadly Maremma, and I, as the only other Englishman in Leghorn, had been asked by the Consul-General in Florence to act as pro-Consul until Hutcheson's return. It was in mid-July, and the weather was blazing in the glaring sun-blanched Mediterranean town.
He greatly developed the doctrine of "moral sense", a term first used by the third Earl of Shaftesbury; indeed, much of his whole moral system may be traced to Shaftesbury. Hutcheson's influence was widely felt: it is plainly perceptible in Hume, Adam Smith, and Reid. He was greater as a speaker even than as a writer, and his lectures evoked much enthusiasm.
I cried, dashing into Hutcheson's private room, and finding to my dismay the big safe, wherein the seals, ciphers and other confidential documents were kept, standing open, and the contents in disorder, as though a hasty search had been made among them.
Once more the resolution that is born of curiosity triumphed, and Amelia stayed holding tight to my arm and shivering whilst the custodian began to slacken slowly inch by inch the rope that held back the iron door. Hutcheson's face was positively radiant as his eyes followed the first movement of the spikes. 'Wall! he said, 'I guess I've not had enjoyment like this since I left Noo York.
V. and VI. Hutcheson's relation to Politics and Theology requires no comment. MANDEVILLE was author of 'The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits' . This work is a satire upon artificial society, having for its chief aim to expose the hollowness of the so-called dignity of human nature.
But when I discovered that the fellow who called himself Woodroffe the man who had represented himself as the owner of the Lola, and who, no doubt, had had a hand in breaking open Hutcheson's safe in the Consulate was engaged to Muriel, I became full of suspicion." "Well?" "Woodroffe, after meeting me, disappeared went to Hamburg, they said, on business. Then other things occurred.
Then we all went again to the wall and looked over. The cat missing Hutcheson's face had drawn back across the moat, and was sitting on her haunches as though ready to spring. Indeed, the very instant she saw him she did spring, and with a blind unreasoning fury, which would have been grotesque, only that it was so frightfully real.
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