CONTENTS 

 XIII. Horizon Lines (continued) : 



XI. THE POWER OF CHOICE 238 V 



XII. ILLUSIONS 239 



XIII. IS NATURE SUICIDAL? 242 \r 



XIV. THE PERSISTENCE OF ENERGY 245 



XTV. Soundings: 



I. THE GREAT MYSTERY 253 



II. THE NATURAL ORDER 257 V 



**-* in. LOGIC AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS 261 ^ 



IV. A CHIP FROM THE OLD BLOCK 205 



V. A PERSONAL GOD 266 



VI. THE ETERNAL 270 



VII. AN IMPARTIAL DEITY 275 



VIII. FINITE AND INFINITE 278 



IX. THE INSOLUBLE 280 



X. PAYING THE DEBT 282 



XI. DEATH 288 



XII. HEAVEN AND EARTH 293 



XIII. THINKING AND ACTING 296 



XIV. THE TIDE OF LIFE 304 

 XV. FAITH FOUNDED UPON A ROCK 309 



XV. The Poet of the Cosmos 316 



The frontispiece, showing Mr. Burroughs at 

 his woodpile at Riverby, is from a photograph 

 taken in 1920 by Mr. Herbert S. Ardell 



