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  reality. 
  To 
  conserve 
  this 
  element 
  of 
  feeling, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  analytic 
  

   mood 
  of 
  science 
  is 
  opposed, 
  it 
  is 
  above 
  all 
  necessary 
  to 
  keep 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  concrete 
  realities 
  themselves, 
  keeping 
  an 
  open 
  mind 
  to 
  their 
  

   influences. 
  In 
  this 
  endeavour 
  science 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  use, 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  

   culture 
  rather 
  than 
  as 
  an 
  intellectual 
  formulation, 
  adding 
  depth, 
  

   order, 
  and 
  connectedness 
  to 
  our 
  vision. 
  In 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  feeling, 
  

   which 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  kept 
  well 
  in 
  hand, 
  mental 
  elbow-room 
  must 
  

   be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  fundamental 
  impressions 
  of 
  immensity, 
  flux, 
  order, 
  

   intricacy, 
  and 
  beauty. 
  

  

  Movement 
  towards 
  a 
  philosophical 
  Order 
  of 
  Nature, 
  i.e., 
  towards 
  

   a 
  harmonious 
  interpretation 
  of 
  Nature 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  our 
  

   experience, 
  may 
  be 
  discerned 
  in 
  the 
  growing 
  correlation 
  of 
  the 
  

   sciences, 
  in 
  the 
  re-definition 
  of 
  their 
  aim 
  (descriptive 
  rather 
  than 
  

   explanatory), 
  in 
  the 
  aid 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  science 
  by 
  philo- 
  

   sophical 
  criticism 
  of 
  its 
  categories, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  endeavour 
  that 
  is 
  

   increasingly 
  made 
  by 
  philosophers 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  science 
  

   into 
  their 
  consideration. 
  Perhaps 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  feeling 
  

   supplies 
  the 
  mortar 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  laid 
  the 
  stones 
  contributed 
  by 
  

   Natural 
  Science 
  to 
  the 
  edifice 
  which 
  the 
  genius 
  of 
  Philosophy 
  is 
  

   building. 
  

  

  When 
  we 
  are 
  thrilled 
  with 
  the 
  wonder 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  the 
  heights 
  

   and 
  depths 
  of 
  things; 
  when 
  our 
  Nature-feeling 
  is 
  informed 
  with 
  

   knowledge; 
  when 
  our 
  science 
  leaves 
  us 
  with 
  a 
  conviction 
  of 
  the 
  

   mysteriousness 
  of 
  Nature 
  the 
  unfathomed 
  universe; 
  when 
  our 
  

   philosophical 
  outlook 
  leads 
  us 
  towards 
  a 
  realisation 
  of 
  a 
  meaning 
  

   behind 
  the 
  process; 
  then 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  total 
  reaction 
  on 
  our 
  part 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Natural 
  Religion. 
  To 
  facilitate 
  this 
  reaction 
  

   by 
  an 
  accurate 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  objects 
  

   of 
  this 
  course. 
  

  

  