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RETROSPECT, 633 means of a method which shall do justice to the demands of the time by a closer adherence to experience, by making gen- eral use of both the natural and the mental sciences, and by an exact and cautious mode of argument — tJiis seems to us to be the task of the future. The most important of the post-Hegel- ian systems, the system of Lotze, shows that the scientific spirit does not resist reconciliation with idealistic convic- tions in regard to the highest questions, and the considera- tion which it on all sides enjoys, that there exists a strong yearning in this direction. But when a deeply founded need of the time becomes active, it also rouses forces which dedicate themselves to its service and which are equal to the work. THE END.