Mr. Max Muller protests, most justly, against the statement that he, like
St. Athanasius, stands alone, contra mundum. If ever this phrase fell
from my pen (in what connection I know not), it is as erroneous as the
position of St. Athanasius is honourable. Mr. Max Muller's ideas, in
various modifications, are doubtless still the most prevalent of any. The
anthropological method has hardly touched, I think, the learned
contributors to Roscher's excellent mythological Lexicon. Dr. Brinton,
whose American researches are so useful, seems decidedly to be a member
of the older school. While I do not exactly remember alluding to
Athanasius, I fully and freely withdraw the phrase. But there remain
questions of allies to be discussed.