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  THE 
  UNFATHOMED 
  UNIVERSE 
  

  

  if 
  you 
  heighten 
  the 
  imagination 
  and 
  intensify 
  the 
  will. 
  The 
  dark- 
  

   ness 
  in 
  you 
  will 
  begin 
  to 
  glow, 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  see 
  clearly, 
  and 
  you 
  

   will 
  know 
  that 
  what 
  you 
  thought 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  mosaic 
  of 
  memories 
  is 
  

   rather 
  the 
  froth 
  of 
  a 
  gigantic 
  ocean 
  of 
  life, 
  breaking 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  

   of 
  matter, 
  casting 
  up 
  its 
  own 
  flotsam 
  to 
  mingle 
  with 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  

   shores 
  it 
  breaks 
  on." 
  

  

  And 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  concentration 
  required 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  

   vision, 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  exercise 
  this, 
  a 
  training 
  for 
  higher 
  

   adventures 
  of 
  the 
  soul 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  110 
  light 
  labour. 
  The 
  plough- 
  

   man's 
  cleaving 
  the 
  furrows 
  is 
  easier 
  by 
  far. 
  Five 
  minutes 
  

   of 
  this 
  effort 
  will 
  at 
  first 
  leave 
  us 
  trembling 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  

   of 
  a 
  laborious 
  day." 
  

  

  Surely 
  students 
  of 
  science 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  dogmatise 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  this 
  life 
  of 
  ours. 
  

  

  6. 
  Towards 
  a 
  Philosophical 
  Interpretation 
  of 
  Nature. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  scientific 
  order 
  transcends 
  the 
  empirical, 
  it 
  is 
  tran- 
  

   scended 
  in 
  turn 
  by 
  a 
  philosophical 
  order 
  which 
  aims 
  at 
  a 
  

   harmonious 
  interpretation 
  of 
  our 
  experience 
  as 
  a 
  whole. 
  The 
  

   essential 
  change 
  is 
  often 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  passing 
  from 
  the 
  

   ' 
  how 
  ' 
  to 
  the 
  ' 
  why 
  ? 
  , 
  from 
  analytic 
  and 
  historical 
  description 
  

   to 
  interpretation, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  this 
  difference 
  that 
  while 
  

   science 
  must 
  keep 
  feeling 
  at 
  an 
  arm's 
  length, 
  philosophy 
  

   seeks 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  that 
  will 
  satisfy 
  the 
  claims 
  

   of 
  feeling 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  understanding. 
  It 
  is 
  just 
  

   our 
  outlook 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  life, 
  the 
  world 
  within 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  the 
  world 
  without, 
  and 
  it 
  includes 
  the 
  assets 
  of 
  feeling 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  intellectual 
  gains. 
  

  

  To 
  illustrate 
  concretely 
  : 
  biologists 
  are 
  easily 
  satisfied 
  with 
  

   their 
  outlook 
  on 
  animate 
  nature 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  willing 
  to 
  leave 
  

   out 
  of 
  account 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  human 
  personality 
  at 
  its 
  best, 
  

   or 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  human 
  society. 
  We 
  may 
  define 
  our 
  biology 
  

  

  