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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97,
by Various
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Title: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
Author: Various
Release Date: December 11, 2006 [EBook #20088]
Language: English
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THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.
VOL. XVI.--NOVEMBER, 1865.--NO. XCVII.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Transcriber's Note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to the end of the article. Headings in large tables converted to letters with a legend.
WHY THE PUTKAMMER CASTLE WAS DESTROYED.
There is a test of truth in popular creeds and in human opinions generally which is prominently put forward by Herbert Spencer, and has been more or less distinctly stated by other writers, long befo