Speakingfirstoftheircognatequalities，letusremark，notwithoutemotion，onequiteextraneouspointofagreement;thefactthattheWritersofbothhavedepartedfromthisworld;theyhavenowfinishedtheirsearch，andhadalldoubtsresolved:whilewelistentothevoice，thetonguethatutteredithasgonesilentforever。Butthefundamental，all—pervadingsimilarityliesinthiscircumstance，wellworthyofbeingnoted，thatboththesePhilosophiesareoftheDogmaticorConstructivesort:eachinitswayisakindofGenesis;
anendeavourtobringthePhenomenaofman\'sUniverseoncemoreundersometheoreticScheme:inboththereisadecidedprincipleofunity;theystriveafteraresultwhichshallbepositive;theiraimisnottoquestion，buttoestablish。
This，especiallyifweconsiderwithwhatcomprehensiveconcentratedforceitishereexhibited，formsanewfeatureinsuchworks。
Underallotheraspects，thereisthemostirreconcilableopposition;
astaringcontrariety，suchasmightprovokecontrasts，weretherefarfewerpointsofcomparison。IfSchlegel\'sWorkistheapotheosisofSpiritualism;Hope\'sagainistheapotheosisofMaterialism:intheone，allMatterisevaporatedintoaPhenomenon，andterrestrialLifeitself，withitswholedoingsandshowings，heldoutasaDisturbance（Zerruttung）producedbytheZeitgeist（SpiritofTime）;intheother，MatterisdistilledandsublimatedintosomesemblanceofDivinity:theoneregardsSpaceandTimeasmereformsofman\'smind，andwithoutexternalexistenceorreality;theothersupposesSpaceandTimetobe\'incessantlycreated，\'andrayed—inuponuslikeasortofgravitation。\'