76 THE ASCENT OF THE BODY. 



him. Man was a fearful and wonderful thing. He 

 was modelled in secret. He was curiously wrought in 

 the lowest parts of the earth. When Science came, it 

 was not to contradict the older versions. It but gave 

 them content and a still richer meaning. What the 

 Prophet said, and the Poet saw, and Science proved, 

 all and equally will abide forever. For all alike are 

 voices of the Unseen, commissioned to different peo- 

 ples and for different ends to declare the mystery of 

 the Ascent of Man. 



