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termed it. But what is our science ? Marvelous 

 as have been the progresses of investigation in 

 the century that has passed, who can say that any 

 thing ultimate has been reached ? A hundred 

 years ago science was as sure as it is now, yet 

 there is not a book in any branch of science that 

 is authoritative if it is more than five years old. 

 We consult the books of the beginnings if we go 

 back to the epoch-making cc Origin of Species.&quot; 

 Since then, while that book and its fellows are 

 guides of vast value, and have even more weight 

 than when they were new, nevertheless almost 

 every day adds so many marvels of development 

 that they are good for principles rather than for 

 particulars. The steps grow larger and the in 

 terstices between them compass more. 



Now we are learning from men of research in 

 biology and physics that their studies are leading 

 them to a point where they are catching glimpses 

 and touches of a something mysterious, which, as 

 one of them has substantially said, &quot; we can call 

 by no name more fitting than Love/ The point 

 has been reached where physical standards no 

 longer suffice ; where in the unknown ether has 

 been found a substance which is not susceptible 

 of the laws and qualities of matter, and which 

 may be the true expression of the endless creative 

 energy. 



