For it is clearly only on moral grounds that we can give that
blame to vice, which is the measure of the praise we give to
virtue 123

The misery of the former depends on religious anticipations 124

And so does also the blessedness of the latter 125

As we can see in numerous literary expressions of it 126

Positivism, by destroying these anticipations, changes the whole
character of the love in question 128

And prevents love from supplying us with any moral standard 131

The loss sustained by love will indicate the general loss
sustained by life 131


CHAPTER VI.

LIFE AS ITS OWN REWARD.


We must now examine what will be the practical result on life
in general of the loss just indicated 132

To do this, we will take life as reflected in the mirror of the
great dramatic art of the world 134