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  THE 
  UNFATHOMED 
  UNIVERSE 
  

  

  dispelling 
  the 
  darkness 
  that 
  oppresses 
  the 
  mind. 
  Moreover, 
  

   the 
  scientific 
  mood, 
  inherently 
  sceptical, 
  has 
  been 
  widely 
  dif- 
  

   fused 
  ; 
  its 
  activity 
  has 
  a 
  growing 
  fascination 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  ; 
  it 
  

   easily 
  comes 
  to 
  preoccupy 
  the 
  mind, 
  and 
  thus 
  tends 
  to 
  

   crowd 
  out 
  the 
  aesthetic, 
  the 
  poetic, 
  and 
  the 
  religious 
  moods. 
  

   And 
  yet 
  we 
  believe 
  that 
  religious 
  interpretation 
  and 
  scientific 
  

   analysis 
  are 
  equally 
  natural 
  and 
  necessary 
  expressions 
  of 
  the 
  

   developing 
  human 
  spirit. 
  

  

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

   heights 
  and 
  depths 
  of 
  things, 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  it 
  all, 
  we 
  approach 
  

   the 
  door 
  of 
  natural 
  religion. 
  And 
  when 
  the 
  Nature-feel 
  ing 
  

   is 
  not 
  superficial 
  but 
  informed 
  with 
  knowledge, 
  with 
  no 
  gain 
  

   of 
  the 
  hard-won 
  analysis 
  unused, 
  we 
  may 
  reach 
  the 
  threshold. 
  

   And 
  when 
  we 
  feel 
  that 
  our 
  scientific 
  cosmology 
  leaves 
  Isis 
  

   still 
  veiled, 
  and 
  when 
  our 
  attempts 
  at 
  philosophical 
  inter- 
  

   pretation 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  reasoned 
  conviction 
  of 
  a 
  meaning 
  behind 
  

   the 
  process, 
  we 
  may 
  perhaps 
  enter 
  in. 
  That 
  the 
  entrance 
  is 
  

   not 
  easy 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  unhappy 
  prevalence 
  of 
  a 
  profane 
  

   world-outlook 
  outside 
  the 
  ranks 
  of 
  disciplined 
  thinkers 
  and 
  

   investigators, 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  hand, 
  and 
  religious, 
  poetical, 
  and 
  

   artistic 
  lovers 
  of 
  Nature 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  difficulty 
  of 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  is 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  race, 
  for 
  North 
  Temperate 
  peoples 
  

   with 
  no 
  Celtic 
  strain 
  never 
  find 
  religion 
  easy, 
  partly 
  due 
  

   to 
  preoccupation 
  either 
  with 
  the 
  good 
  things 
  or 
  with 
  the 
  

   thick 
  shadows 
  of 
  this 
  life, 
  and 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  misunder- 
  

   standing 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  science. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  hindrance 
  

   to 
  religion 
  that 
  concerns 
  us 
  in 
  this 
  course 
  of 
  lectures. 
  

  

  What 
  must 
  be 
  worked 
  towards 
  is 
  a 
  philosophical 
  co-ordina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  essential 
  results 
  of 
  Biology 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  sciences 
  

   with 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  intellectual 
  inquiry 
  in 
  other 
  fields 
  and 
  

   by 
  other 
  methods, 
  allowing 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  for 
  those 
  

   glimpses 
  of 
  reality 
  that 
  feeling 
  alone 
  affords. 
  In 
  this 
  task 
  

  

  