MAL'LOCK, ‘VILLIAxt I'M:ELL ( 1849— ). An English theological 'writer on social questions. lie was born in Devonshire, and educated at BM hot College, tlxford, where he won the Newdigate prize of 1872. with a poem on The Isthmus of Suf.:. lie was intended for a diplomatic career. but devoted himself entirely to lit erature, spending a considerable part of his life in Northern and Eastern Europe. Ilis writing:, even in fiction, have gem-rally been occupied to a large extent with current problems of thought and life. in philosophy lie has aimed at showing that modern science can of itself offer no tirm basis for ethical theory; mid/ r this head comes Atheism and the Value of Life (1684); his most powerful book in this class is Is Life Worth Liringi (189), a cogent criticism of the Positivist position as set forth by its own advocate:. In this hook and still more in Doctrine and Doctrinal. Disruption (1900). he argues for a sure dogmatic foundation for re ligion: belief. and his logic the Roman Catholic Church, with which, however, he did not ritually connect himself. in The Nen• Ilepub-•
lie (1s77 I. under thin disguises, several of the most famous Englishmen of the time ap pear and discus: numerous interesting problems. Iwo novels., A Haman Document and The Heart of Life (1:05), are largely occupied with modern aspects of the relation: of the sexes, as is to a certain extent A komanee of the Nine teenth Century (1881). The Ohl Order Changes is a counterblast to socialism under the form of fiction: and this is the standpoint of various im portant economic works—Noeial Equality( 1882): Prom •ty and Progress, an answer to Henry George ( 1SS4) : Classes and Masses ( 18961 ; and espeeially .1 ristorracy and. Evolution. (1898). We cite also Tice Paul and Firfliaia (1S7S). a satire on modern Positivism: Tristram Lacy. the Do/frith/a/is/ (1899) : and some vol umes Of verse. including a translation of part of Lucretius in the metre of Omar Khayyam (1900i.