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ing to see if the rational order is coexistent with 

 nature. The unity we seek we may find in the old 

 conception of God, but this saddles all the turmoil 

 and disorder and evil of the world upon an all- 

 wise, all-good Being. 



Shall we adopt the idea of a primal mind as dis- 

 tinct from the human mind, as the poets do? I 

 grasp at anything that will help me see that I am 

 akin to the farthest star, in my mind as in my body. 

 I cannot think of a dual or a divided universe. I 

 want to see myself as strung upon the same thread 

 as all the rest of nature. 



In organic evolution I see the workings of the 

 creative impulse — or growth, as opposed to mere 

 accretion or accumulation. In the light of the same 

 law does one not see worlds and suns potential in 

 the spiral nebula?? Science helps us to see the evolu- 

 tion of the chemical elements, or to follow up this 

 defining and differentiating process. Could we fly 

 to the uttermost parts of the heavens, we should 

 find the Cosmic Mind there before us. 



III. THE ORGANIZING TENDENCY 



Is it possible to think of any ingenious contrivance 

 in nature as the result of chance, or of the fortuitous 

 clashing and jostling of the elements? Living things 

 are full of these ingenious contrivances which serve 

 a definite end and keep life going. In the inorganic 

 world there are no such contrivances; there is not 



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