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have some solid groundwa rk of truth. He can make the truth his own only 

 by fully understanding it, but he may often find satisfaction even in a 

 partial comprehension of doctrines which have given intellectual strength 

 and comfort to many generations of deep thinkers. He will surely gain 

 more wisdom by a diligent looking after truth than by a sharp and cynical 

 search for error. 



Paul's advice is well supplemented by Peter's : " But sanctify the Lord 

 God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man 

 that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and 

 fear." The advantages of high ideals have been recognized in all ages. 

 When every throb of our spiritual lives is accompanied bj r a feeling of 

 God's presence, the perceptive, as well as the imaginative faculties are 

 quickened, and our enlightened insight penetrates intuitively to reasons, 

 both of hope and of complete assurance, which a materialistic philosophy 

 could never find and could never understand. 



All philosophy must necessarily be based upon human nature. Our love 

 of wisdom can only extend to what we can recognize, however dimly, as 

 manifesting wisdom ; our capabilities of knowledge are limited by our 

 capacities for knowledge.* 



The mathematical necessity which requires that all Consciousness should 

 be manifested under the three primary relations of Motivity, Spontaneity, 

 and Rationality, is tacitly recognized in the modern classification of mental 

 faculties as Presentative, Representative, and Intuitive. This subjective 

 aspect of our spiritual nature finds objective intellectual satisfaction in sys- 

 tems of Religion, Morals and Science. 



The subjective exercise of Consciousness, in the primary relations or 

 faculties, is manifested in Feeling, Will and Thought, which are indica- 

 tions of objective Need, Power, and Purpose. 



Both the aim and the goal of Consciousness are subjectively developed 

 in Faith, Desire, and Understanding, which find complete objective pro- 

 vision in Revelation, Sanctification, and Inspiration. 



If we designate the Motive, Spontaneous and Rational forms by the sym- 

 bolic letters M, S, R, these relations may all be readily grouped, as in the 

 following synopsis : 



Subjective. 



M. S. R. 



R. Presentation. Representation. Intuition. 



S. Feeling. Will. Thought. 



M. Faith. Desire. Understanding. 



Objective. 

 M. 8. R. 



R. Religion. Morals. Science. 



S. Need. Power. Purpose. 



M. Revelation. Sanctification. Inspiration. 



Consciousness is the surest of all things. It is, therefore, unphilosophical 

 * See Trans. Soc. Phil. Amer. xii, 494-5, 468-7,'J. 



