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eviden t that this innite su ccessio n of cycles is
qu ite as incomp rehe nsibl e as any other innite
su ccession o f things o r events B u t waiving
this obj ection we hav e the alternative either
that all the su ccessiv e cycles are exactly alike
which could n ot be in accordan ce with e v o l u
tion no r with the analogy of other natu ral
cycl es o r there mu s t have been a p rogre s sion
in the su ccessive cycl es B u t this last supposi
tion would involve an u n cau sed beginning some
where and this of su ch a character as to dete r
min e all the su ccessive cycles an d their p rogress ;
w hich would again be contrary to the hypo
thesis o f self existence I t is u seless however
to follow su ch qu estions farther since it i s evi
den t that this hypothesis acco u nt s fo r n othing
and would involve u s i n absolu te con fu sion
Let u s tu rn now to Paul s stateme nt This
has the merit in the rst place o f expressi ng a
known fact namely that me n do in fer power
and divinity from natu re Bu t is thi s a mere
su perstition o r have they reaso n fo r I t ? I f
the u nivers e be considered as a vast machin e
exceeding all ou r powers o f calculation in it s
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j u st as mu ch in n eed o f a creative p o w e r to
i nitiate it as the creation o f matter ou t of noth
i ng would be B eside s this we now have to
accou n t for the exi s ten ce o f the ether its el f ;
an d here we have the disad v antage that this
su bstan ce p o ss es s es non e of the p rop erties o f
o rdinary matte r except m ere extensio n ; that
in so far as we know it is co n tinuou s an d n ot
molecular ; an d that whil e o f the most in co n
c e iv ab l e te nu ity it transmits vibratio n s in a man
n e r s imilar to that o f a body of the extremest
solidity I t would s eem also to be in de nite i n
exte nt an d beyo n d the co ntrol o f the o rdinary
natu ral fo rces I n short ether is as in c o mp re
h e n s ibl e as D eity ; an d if we su ppos e it to have
in s titu ted spontaneou sly the diffe ren t kinds o f
matter we have really constitu ted it a god which
is what in a loos e way some an cien t my th o l o
gies a ctually did W e may howeve r truly say
that this modern s cientic co n ceptio n o f the
p ractically innite and all pervading ether the
p rimary s eat of force brings u s n eare r than
ever before to s ome realizatio n o f the Spirit
u al C reato r
Bu t to ethe r both scien ce and Agno s ticism
mu st sup eradd en ergy the entirely immaterial
something which moves e th e r its e l f The rathe r
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n ext l ectu re
I f s ays H aeckel anybody feels
the n ecessity o f rep rese nting the o rigin o f mat
te r as the work of a s u p ernatu ral creative fo rce
i ndep enden t o f matter its el f I would remin d
him that the idea o f an immate rial force creat
ing matte r in the rst instan ce is an articl e o f
faith which has nothing to do with s cie n ce
Where faith begins s cien ce e n ds
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ten ce an d say Where s cien ce ends faith b e
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force o r eve n o f the atom s o f matte r them
s elves an d in like mann e r it is by faith we
know that the creative age s have been co nsti
t u t e d by the wo rd o f
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o n his guard
Still it is not n ecessary to
believe that Hae ckel is an inten tional deceive r
Su ch fallacies are those which are especially
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identied by them with p roved results o f s c ie n ce
an d to be held in a n in toleran t and dogmatic
spirit
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the man n er i n which he p ro ceeds to wo rk ou t
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u n n ecessary in the lowes t form s o f life ; bu t
though there are som e simple an imals in which
it has n o t bee n r e cognized analogy would lea d
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mo re exp erien ced pal aeon tologists o r stu dents
o f fossils have long ago s een that in the large r
eld o f the earth s histo ry there is v ery mu ch
that cannot be fou n d in the narrowe r el d o f
the developmen t o f the individual animal ; an d
they have endeavo red to redu ce the su ccession
o f life to s u ch gen eral exp ressions as shall ren
de r it mo re comp rehensibl e and may at le ngth
enabl e; u s to arrive at explanatio n s o f its com
pl ex phenomena O f thes e ge n eral exp res s ion s
o r co n clu sion s I may state a few here as appo
site to ou r p res en t subj ect an d as showing how
littl e o f real s u pport the facts o f the earth s
hi s to ry give to the p seu do gnosis o f mo nistic
evolu tion
1
The chain o f life i n geological tim e p re
s ents a won derful testimo ny to the reali ty of
a begin ning J u st as we know that any in di
vidual animal mu st have had its birth its
i n fan c y its matu ri ty an d will reach an e nd
of life s o we trace sp ecie s an d group s o f
sp ecie s to their beginning watch their culmi
nation and p erhap s follow them to their ex
tin ction I t is tru e that ther e i s a s en s e in
which geology shows no sign o f a begin ning
n o p rospect o f an e nd bu t this is manife s tl y
.
IN
M O
D E R N SCI E NCE
1 19
1 20
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C TS
AN D
FAN
CI E S
'
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M OD E R IV
SCI E NCE
121
re
11
1 22
FA
C TS
AN D
FA
NCI E S
c
eve r low grade co nsists o f many o o rdinated
part s in a con dition o f the nicest equ ilibriu m
Any change occu rring which p rodu ce s u n equal
FI G
Gr p
P l t s ( r s t r d ) fr o m
ty f th
th
mpl x ity
d b
thou gh m y f th l d ing fo rms
this v ry n i t p ri d
ou
co
of
an
e au
an
o e
an
c en
ea
e
o
v ni p rio d ill u t r ti g
rl i s t k w l d v g t t i
f m d rn p l
ts
uk w i
th e D e
e
ea
an
no
an
an
are
e a
no
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on,
I 24
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AND
FA
NCI E S
IN
M OD E R IV
SCI E NCE
1 25
du ce d
1 1*
1 26
FA
C TS
FA
AND
NCI E S
I IV M O
DE R N
S CI E I VCE
1 27
I 28
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AND
F A N CI E S
'
IN
M O
DE R N SCI E NCE
1 29
'
1 30
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C TS
AN D
F A I VCI E S
'
I IV M O
.
DE R N
S CI E I VCE
I
3
2
H
ow
many
may
be
regarded
as
od
i
ca
( )
tion s of p reviou s sp ecies ? ( 3) H ow many are
migrants from O ther region s where they have
?
been kn own to exis t p reviou sly
H
ow
(4 )
?
many are absolu tely n ew sp ecies
The s e
qu estion s are applied to each o f fou rteen su c
c e s s iv e formation s inclu d e d in the Silu rian o f
B ohemia
The total nu mbe r of species of
brachiopods in the s e fo rmation s is six hu n dre d
and forty giving a n average o f
to each
and the results of accu rate stu dy of each
species i n its characters its varieties its geo
graphical and geological range are exp ress ed
in the following sho rt statem ent which should
somewhat astonish those gentleme n who are
.
FA
1 32
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FA
AND
NCI E S
d emon
p
Sp
Sp
Ne
2.
.
s o ti d u h g d
i s mig r t d fr m b r d
i s
ti d w ith m d i ti
s to rs
w sp i s w ith u t k w
ec ie
a e
ec e
ec e
nc
nu e
co n
an
ec e
no
ca
p er
c en
p er
ce n
oa
nu e
28
on
65
n a n ce
1 00
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e ans
oti u es
ae
l imag in a tion
IN
M O
DE R N
S IEN
CE
1 33
12
1 34
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FA
AND
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IN
M O
D E R N SCI E NCE
1 35
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6
3
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C TS
AN D
FA
NCI E S
E
"
IZ
LECTURE IV
T HE O R I
GI N
A N T I " I TY
AN D
O F M AN
1 40
FA
C TS
ND
F A N CI E
FI G
hi s p o r r l tion th go rill ( Af H l y ) Th
h d f th go r ill w ith imm s j ws d s m ll b r i s it s h u g
S pi s on th n k it s l g rms i
lo g t d p l v is d i h d
l ik f t w ith it s i p it y to ssu m h r t p s iti n i d i t i
rd in l d iff r n fr o m m
d h n
ssity f m ny int rm d i t
fo rms s til l u nk no wn to onn t th t w o sp i s
M
an
ea
an
ne
a
,
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ter
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e ec
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ts
an
,
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ca e
ts
a e
14 2
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AN D
FA
NCI E S
IN
II/[O D E R I V
SCI E NCE
14 3
ra c t e r.
1 44
FA
C TS
AN D
FA
NCI E S
IN
M O
D E R N SCI E NCE
14 5
13
146
F A C TS
AND
F A N CI E S
p remise s
Withou t k n owledge cultu re an d
training man is more helpl ess than any bru te
With th e n obl es t and highest capacities he
may devis e an d follow habits o f life more base
than those o f any m ere animal Thu s there
is an almost immeasu rabl e differen ce between
the Godlike height to which man ca n attain by
th e right u s e of his powe rs an d the depth to
which ign oran ce and dep ravity may degrade
him I t follows that the degradatio n o f the
lower races of m en is as strong a p roof o f
the differen ce betwe e n man and the lowe r
animals as i s the el evation o f the highe r races
B oth are characte ristic o f a being emancip ated
from the control of in stinct kn owing goo d an d
evil fre e to choos e an d differing i n thes e
respects from e v e ry o th e r creatu re o n earth
Su ch is man as we n d him ; an d we may
well ask by what p rocess animal instin ct could
eve r spontan eou sly develop hu man freedom and
hu man reason
B u t we might hav e eviden ce o f su ch a p ro
cess howeve r strange an d imp robabl e it might
at rst sight appear W e m ight be able to
trace man back i n history o r by p rehisto ric
remain s to greate r an d greate r approximation
to the lowe r animals and might thu s bridge
.
M O
IN
DE R N SCI E NCE
14 7
14 8
FA
C TS
AND
FA
NCI E S
y lo l ph t i by s m b l iev d to
v r i ty o f th I d i n sp i s
Th e C e
prob bl y
a
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an
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be
d is t i t b u t
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SCI E NCE
M OD E R I V
IN
15 1
d p l o o mi m
w
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t o
it o m g r t m mm l th m mmot h w
tin t d th r o f l n d in th no rt h r n h mi s p h r w
g r t r t h n t p r s nt ( T h i s r p r nt th L t P l i s to n o f
t rmin t d b y g r t d v ry g n r l b
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D w k in s )
o mp ni d b y th d i s pp r n o f p l o o s mi m
id
d wh i h m y b i d nti l w i th th
d o m l r g M mm l i
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c an
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ec e s
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d t rmi
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pr is d t i y rs s ig bl to th is v t g l gy
l s wh r h w th t th tu l t iq ity
; bu t I h v
i
t d il u v i m h b n gr tly x gg r t d
ne
ec
a e
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of
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1 52
FA
C TS
AND
FA
NCI E S
IN
M O
D E R N SCI E NCE
53
54
FA
C TS
AN D
FA
NCI E S
l is h e d
'
IN
M O
D E R N SCI E NCE
SS
6
5
FA
C TS
AND
FA
NCI E S
IN
M OD E R
N SCI E NCE
157
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1 58
F IG 8
.
Th i sk l t
P rt i f th s k l t f th f s il m f M t
mu l t d
w d is v r d b y D R iv ier u d r b u t t w t y f t f
g t th p l smi g
d ill s t r t s th h igh
deb i
It b l
typ ph ysi lly f th m f that p ri d T h k l t l ik th rs
of th t g i d i t s m of g r t st tur d mu u l r v ig r d
w ith b r i b v th v r g s i ( A R i i )
as
co
e on
ca
e,
e,
a n a
r.
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r s.
e e on o
on o
ca e
e a
a aeo c o
an
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ee
en
an
en o n e .
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os
e,
an
e s
an
e e on
a e
e e on ,
sc
a e
a c cu
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an
er
v er e
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1 6o
FA
C TS
AND
FA
NCI E S
from u s
I f he had pos s e s sed the C ro magno n
,
'
1 62
ra c e
Ifl e
163
FA CTS A ND FA NCIES
1 64
FI G
10
t o of th v f F r t l i B lgiu m ( Af t
f m d f h m mmoth g
l im st
w hi h r s t s
; 6 d p s it
d b v th is th r w
i m d r n t im s
m ss of
b d of gr v l
deb i
m mg th is
up th d tt d l i
h rth w
f ll
O
f un d t
w hi h w r n um r us b s f m d r im l s h
r m in s o f fun r l f s t s Th v w l s d w ith s t
d
impl m nts
r m t s d p ott y of th
withi w r s k l ton s s to
l ithi g Un d r th s w u d is t urb d r th f h p l
m mmoth g
T h f t s s h w h su
ss i i B lg iu m
li h i
d f
o f p l o osmi o r t d il u v i m
o o smi m ll i d
B s qu s t th L ps d l l th i s pr v io us to th d v nt f th
th
mo d rn r s
Se c i
on e
e,
on
c , or
ne
ne
an e
an
en
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o na
an
en
ne
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as
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t e
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an
ea
t e
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as c o e
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as ,
as
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er
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to
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n eo
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ca
r s,
en
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65
to
FA CTS
1 66
FA NCIES
AND
FI G
1 1.
a,
ea
c an
an
or
ea
t e co
c a
e n ce
nc
are c o
an
a ae
1 67
FA CTS
1 68
FA N CI E S
AN D
1 69
15
FA CTS
170
AN D
FANCIES
H e may have
bes tridde n the wild hors e which s eem s to
have abou nde d at the time i n France an d
he may have lau n ched his cano e on the waters
of the Atlan tic H is exp erien ce an d m emo ry
might exten d back a centu ry or more an d his
traditional lore might go back to the times o f
the rs t mothe r of ou r race D id he live in
that wide Post Plio cen e contin e n t which ex
?
r
ten ded westward through l e la n d
D id he
kn ow an d had he visited the natio n s that lived
in the valley o f the great Gihon that ran down
the M editerranean Valley o r o n that nameles s
?
rive r which flowed through the D ove r Straits
Had he visited o r s ee n from afar the great
island Atlantis whos e inhabitants could almost
?
s e e i n the su nse t sky the islands o f the blest
O r did he liv e at a later time afte r the Post
Pliocen e subsiden ce and whe n the land had
?
a s su med its p resent fo rm
I n that case he
coul d have told u s of the great deluge of the
2
7
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MOD E R N S CIENCE
73
15
V
N A T U R E
AS
A M AN I FES T A T I O N
OF
MIND
LECTUR E V
N AT
URE
A S A M A N I FE ST A TI O N
O F M I ND
177
FA CTS AND FA N CI E S
8
7
.
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179
1 80
IN MO D E RN S CIENCE
81
se
e
Fig
The
frost
on
the
win
dow
pan
es
(
observes the same law and so does every
crystallization of water where it has s cop e to
arra n ge itsel f in accordan ce with its own
geometry B u t this law of cry stallization gives
to s now and ice the i r mechanical p rop erties
and is con n ected with a multitu de o f adj u st
me nts of wate r in the solid state to its place
i n natu re The same law varied in a vast
nu mber o f ways in eve ry distin ct su bstance
bu ilds u p c rystals of all kinds and crystallin e
rock s an d is con n ected with cou ntless adapta
tio ns of diffe ren t kinds of matter to mechanical
and chemical u ses in the arts I t is easy to see
that all this might have bee n othe rwise nay
that it mu st have been otherwise bu t for the
i nst itu t ion o f many and compl ex laws
A lu mp of coal at rs t suggests littl e to ex
cite in terest or imagination ; bu t the stu dent o f
-
16
1 82
FI G
12
n w k s pi d fr m tu r u d r th mi ro s p d s rv in g
t
ill us t r t th
g m t ri l rr g m t f m l l s f w t r in
rys t ll i i g
6 s impl
s t r ; d h x g l p l t s ; f r ys f
l rg d mpl x t r h p d k Th l w f rr g m t f h
i
h
l i s of th r x s
m l u l s i s th t of tt r t i
g l s f
s ix t y d g r s d th v r i t i s
pr o du d b y d i ff r n s in t mp r
t ur d r t o f su pply of m t ri l
S
z n
e an
a,
e an
ee
a e
na
eo
ca
co
o ec
a e
co
s a
an
-s
ac
an
c,
a s
on
n t
es .
are
a e
en
e
ne
ce
co
o ecu e
ona
a
e, an
ee
e,
an
e e
a e
a e
en
at a n
ce
33
t e
o
FA CTS A ND
1 84
FA
NOIES
'
IN MO D E RN S CIENCE
1 85
16
1 86
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FIG
y d big
st
t sty l
b
i
m
i
w
;
w
h
h
t
r
t
r
i
k
upp
r
p
d
r
upp r
i
th
f
i
f
l y r f ll s w ith g r i f hl r ph y ll ; l w r l y r
ll s w th
hl r ph y ll ; l w r p id r mi ; s t m t o r b r th i g p o r s w ith
t r til ll s f p i g d l s i g
t
f l f
S e c io n
ea
of
th e
ac
ea
ce
e ce
uc u
a ns o
a,
of a
e s
o o
con
l f
o
or o
en n
ca
an
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n.
no
c o
a a,
e,
f th e
e
a,
C,
o o
one o
mo
a n c ie n
s
ea
ce
es
87
FA CTS A ND FA NCIES
1 88
l g fr om th
l f rm t i h w i g s m o f th f rms f
l v s i st ru m t l in u mu l t g h rb f
l b ds by
th i r tion on th tmo sph r u d r h i u n o f su light
F o ia
ea
ac
coa
en a
e a
ac c
on ,
ca
a in
e e
t e
on
ce
ou r c o a - e
39
FA CTS AND
1 90
F A N CI E S
'
FI G
15.
P r l y N u til us d it s h ll s h w i g th t th i m l
o upi s o l y th u t r h mb r th oth rs b i g ll d w ith i d
ti g
t w h s b u y y b m d i d by th tio of th
t u b o r s i ph u n l p ss ing th r o u gh th h mb rs
tion
Se c
cc
ac
e,
of
th e
as a
ea
e o
oa
o e
c e,
an
an c
can
e n
e c
a r an
e an
ac
1 92
'
'
'
z ocer a s ,
or e
e.
FA CTS
1 94
FANCIE S
AN D
'
FI G
17.
r du d in s i ( r s to r d by H l l ) Th i s i s
rino id o r f th r s t r f th Upp r Sil ur i n p rio d ting b y
m
s of hollo w b ll o s h p d s t ru t u r d iv i d d into h mb rs
d fo rm d o f
l r o us p l t s
Ca merocrzu m,
'
ea
e an
an
e -
ze
ce
ca ca e
as
n-
a e
oa
1 95
1 96
FA
CTS
AND
FANCIE S
'
FI G
18
co o n
an
an
as
an
an
rudd r
e
e e
en
on
an -o
an
ar
e n ac e
a c e
as
or
c,
in
e,
ne
on
A CTS
1 98
AN D
FANCIE S
[N
I II OD E R I V
SCI E NCE
1 99
t l
o n re a
e e
en
r.
2 00
FA
C TS
AND
FA
NCI E S
MO D E R N SCI E NCE
IN
20 1
20 2
FA
C TS
AND
FA N
CI E S
M gn i d p o rti n of s ili i us sp g s h w i g th pr i i pl of
o s t ru ti n f th h x ti ll id sp g s w ith i r y d Spi u l
i
h
t
t
in
d
tog
t
h
r
s
t
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20 3
204
FA
C TS
AND
FA
NCI E S
'
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18
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n us s
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205
FA CTS
206
AND
FA NCIES
'
[I V I II OD E R N
SCI E NCE
20 7
'
2 08
FA
CTS
AND
F A N CI E S
IN
2 09
13
2 10
FA
C TS
AN D
FA
NCI E S
IN
M OD E R I V
SCI E NCE
21 1
2 12
FA
C TS
AN D
FA
NCI E S
in g l y as a n th rO p o mo rp h ic
I n this cas e
c o rd
man mu st be s up ernatu ral and preternatu ral as
well Bu t it is Tyn dall s p re cis e obj ect to show
u s that there is nothing su p ernat u ral either in
man o r elsewhere The co n tradictio n is a n in
stru ctive exampl e o f the delu s ion s w hich s ome
times pas s for scien ce
I f with Tyndall we are to place man ou tsi d e
o f natu re then the hu man min d at o n ce be
come s to u s a su p ernatu ral in tellige n ce Bu t
tru th forbid s su ch a con clu sion
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o f man howe v e r beyon d the intelligen ce of
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p
astronomer to p redict the discovery of n ew
planets A lin e in a sp ectrum withou t s ig n i
cance to the u ninitiated fo retells a n ew elemen t
The me rest fragm ent su fcien t o nly for micro
s copic examinatio n enable s the pal aeontologis t
to describe to incredulou s au dito rs s ome o rgan
ism altogether u n known in its e n tire s tru ctu res
What possibl e reaso n can there be fo r e x cl u d
ing su ch in dicatio ns of the past an d the fu tu re
from a revelation made by him who knows p er
fe c t l y the end from the begin ning an d to whom
the fu tu re results of hu man actio n s to the e nd
o f time mu st be as evident as the simples t train
?
o f cau ses and effects is to u s
I t is H uxley
I think who says that if the l aws affecting h u
man condu ct we re fully known to u s it would
have been possible to calculate a thou sand years
ago the exact state o f affairs i n B ritain at this
mom ent Probably su ch a calculation might be
too complicated fo r u s even if the data we re
give n ; bu t it can not be too complicated fo r
the D ivine M ind and possibly might eve n
be mastered by some in telligen ce s in the
u nivers e subj ect to God bu t higher than
man
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