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exercise of his free will. This being so, we infer that human. 
beings have been formed to educate the mind, and fit it for - 
a future spiritual existence, unconnected with the material 
earth. 
-No doubt we are at present merely at the commencement 
of our researches in Natural Philosophy, and during the 
coming century we may look forward to great advances in 
knowledge. But, in my opinion, we can never know more 
- than we do now about the future immaterial life, and with 
that knowledge we must be content. ‘ 
