ACCEPTING THE UNIVERSE 



imprint of the seal than does the Infinite take the 

 imprint of our finite minds. We create a Creator, we 

 rule a Ruler, we invent a heaven and hell; they are 

 laws of our own being, seen externally. 



How, then, shall we adjust our lives to the con- 

 ception of a universal, non-human, non-finite, al- 

 gebraic God? They adjust themselves. Do your 

 work, deal justly, love Tightness, make the most of 

 yourself, cherish the good, the beautiful, the true, 

 practice the Christian and the heathen virtues of 

 soberness, meekness, reverence, charity, unselfish- 

 ness, justice, mercy, singleness of purpose; obey the 

 commandments, the Golden Rule, imbue your 

 spirit with the wisdom of all ages, for thus is the 

 moral order of the world upheld. 



The moral order and the intellectual order go 

 hand in hand. Upon one rests our relation to our 

 fellows, upon the other rests our relation to the 

 cosmos. 



We must know, and we must love; we must do, 

 and we must enjoy; we must warm judgment with 

 feeling, and illume conscience with reason. 



Admit, if we must, that we are in the grip of a 

 merciless power, that outside of our own kind there 

 is nothing that shows us mercy or consideration, 

 that the Nature of which we form a part goes her 

 own way regardless of us; yet let us keep in mind 

 that the very fact that we are here and find life 

 good is proof that the mercilessness of Nature has 



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