﻿THE 
  UNFATHOMED 
  UNIVERSE 
  33 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  lecture, 
  were 
  suggested 
  by 
  Walt 
  Whitman's 
  well- 
  

   known 
  line 
  " 
  Prais'd 
  be 
  the 
  fathomless 
  universe, 
  for 
  life 
  

   and 
  joy, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  objects 
  and 
  knowledge 
  curious." 
  Whit- 
  

   man 
  assuredly 
  strikes 
  the 
  right 
  note 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  joyous 
  

   adventurer 
  sailing 
  into 
  opulent 
  seas 
  unexplored. 
  Wherever 
  

   in 
  the 
  past 
  he 
  has 
  sounded 
  he 
  has 
  touched 
  treasure, 
  he 
  looks 
  

   forward 
  to 
  winning 
  the 
  secrets 
  of 
  deeps 
  still 
  unfathorned. 
  

   Experience 
  never 
  disappointed 
  surely 
  warrants 
  a 
  feeling 
  

   of 
  expectancy, 
  an 
  impression 
  of 
  inexhaustible 
  riches 
  " 
  these 
  

   immense 
  meadows, 
  these 
  interminable 
  rivers 
  ", 
  horizon 
  be- 
  

   yond 
  horizon, 
  which 
  are 
  ours, 
  here 
  and 
  now, 
  to 
  seek 
  to 
  

   appropriate. 
  

  

  The 
  climax 
  of 
  intuition 
  is 
  mysticism, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  us 
  

   who 
  do 
  not 
  practise 
  it 
  must 
  not 
  brush 
  it 
  hastily 
  aside. 
  Many 
  

   mystics 
  are 
  precise 
  and 
  logical 
  thinkers 
  though 
  they 
  ex- 
  

   plore 
  a 
  kingdom 
  beyond 
  science 
  and 
  logic. 
  Some 
  psycholo- 
  

   gists 
  have 
  suggested 
  that 
  in 
  conditions 
  of 
  quiet 
  or 
  of 
  exalta- 
  

   tion, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  fine 
  scenery, 
  there 
  may 
  enter 
  into 
  

   the 
  focus 
  of 
  consciousness 
  some 
  larger 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  unconscious 
  

   mind 
  than 
  is 
  usual 
  in 
  ordinary 
  life. 
  Others 
  believe 
  that 
  

   the 
  mystic 
  is 
  thrilled 
  by 
  extra-human 
  influences. 
  All 
  that 
  

   we 
  plead 
  for 
  is 
  a 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  practical 
  men 
  

   and 
  women 
  of 
  to-day 
  do 
  still 
  manage 
  to 
  get 
  into 
  an 
  original 
  

   relation 
  with 
  Nature. 
  In 
  his 
  Candle 
  of 
  Vision 
  (1918), 
  A. 
  E. 
  

   writes 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  draw 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  mystery 
  in 
  common 
  and 
  obvious 
  things, 
  

   and 
  ask 
  that 
  they 
  be 
  explained 
  and 
  not 
  slurred 
  over 
  as 
  if 
  no 
  explana- 
  

   tion 
  were 
  necessary. 
  I 
  ask 
  the 
  doubters 
  of 
  my 
  vision 
  to 
  penetrate 
  

   a 
  little 
  into 
  the 
  mystery 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  thoughts 
  and 
  dreams 
  before 
  

   they 
  cry 
  out 
  against 
  me, 
  who 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  travelled 
  far 
  and 
  

   came 
  upon 
  lovely 
  and 
  inhabited 
  regions 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  would 
  also 
  lead 
  

   them. 
  I 
  know 
  that 
  my 
  brain 
  is 
  a 
  court 
  where 
  many 
  living 
  crea- 
  

   tures 
  throng, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  never 
  alone 
  in 
  it. 
  You, 
  too, 
  can 
  know 
  that, 
  

  

  