1 6 Evolution of Life and Form. 



should impure eyes behold the Pure? There is 

 the hall-mark of the man of science of the ancient 

 days : he is developed within before he can be learned 

 without. But from the modern man of science 

 is not demanded this condition. He must indeed 

 lead a life that is self-restrained, orderly, and fairly 

 clean ; were he to yield to the riot of the senses, his 

 intelligence would become clouded. He must have 

 keen power of observation, balanced strength of 

 judgment, strong patience, unwearied industry, clear 

 insight for differences and similarities. All these 

 are demanded from him, if he is to be great, and 

 these are among the noblest powers of intelligence. 

 But all he asks of religion is to leave him alone. Of 

 old, religion opened the gateway to science ; now- 

 a-days science asks nothing from religion save to 

 stand aside. That is the difficulty in our way. We 

 have to show that life cannot be understood until 

 the student lives that which he seeks. That even the 

 understanding of forms is very imperfect until the 

 life expressed through them is recognised and 

 partially understood. That fundamental difference 

 of method then, will cover the whole field, and will 

 enable us to comprehend the difference of the results. 

 Now let us try to understand more clearly why it 

 was that the ancient man of science was taught that 

 the first step to true knowledge, or wisdom, was the 



