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PREFACE. 



EVERY deep thinker and observer of the Natural Laws 

 is convinced that Nature is an orderly arrangement of 

 matter and forces ; that, in a word. Nature is not 

 chaos, but cosmos. Nature may be compared to a 

 huge picture puzzle, the little parts fitting together to 

 make one harmonious and perfect whole. Science 

 has been, and is now, slowly gathering together the 

 little pieces. A time must come when these pieces 

 can be put together by man, to form the perfect 

 picture. 



Hitherto, man has not been able to effect this object ; 

 hence arises that condition of human thought which 

 we call the " unknowable." Hindoo sages express that 

 which exists at and beyond the " unknowable " as 

 " Behind the Veil." The object of this work is to lift 

 that Veil, and view the marvellous vista beyond. 



It may be we shall in part fail, but the failure will, 

 probably, be a step by which others may be able to 

 arrive at the end we aim at. In any case, the reader 

 has in this volume the result of original experiments, 



