CarlylethereforewasessentiallyprotestingagainstthemechanicaldoctrinesembodiedinUtilitarianism。Buthesawthehopelessnessofmeetingtheattackintheold-fashionedarmouroftheology。Thedogmasofthechurchesweredead，beyondallhopesofresuscitation。TheverseinPastandPresentgiveshisview：
’ThebuilderoftheUniversewaswise，Heplannedallsouls，allsystems，planets，particles；
TheplanHeshapedallworldsandaeonsby，Was——Heavens！——wasthysmallnine-and-thirtyArticles。’190*
Anearlierversionoftheselinesspeaksofthe’logicofMaurice，’whohadcharacteristicallyprovedthatthearticleswereacharterofreligiousliberty。191*Carlylerejectedformulas。TheMauricianrehabilitationledtomerecant。LikeMaurice，hewasinprincipleamystic，andholdsthatmysticismmaybetakeninatruesense，192*inwhichitseemstobemuchthesamewithanIdealistascontrastedwithamaterialistdoctrine。WhenhefirstmadeMill’sacquaintance，itwasundertheerroneousimpressionthatMilltoowasamystic。193*
IhavespokenofCarlyle’spersonalrelationstoMill。HisjudgmentoftheUtilitariansgenerallyissignificant。FroudepublishessomeentriesfromCarlyle’sjournalof1829-30，atimewhentheprophetwasonlypreludinghisfullerutterances。194*