342 EVOLUTION AND MAN S PLACE IN NATURE 



in thinking of the deeper problems of life. But 

 even of the common thought concerning the Super 

 natural, we can say with Kant, The track it 

 pursues, whether rational or sophistical, is at least 

 natural, and not only goes far to persuade the com 

 mon understanding, but shows itself deserving of 

 respect from the speculative intellect. This is the 

 thought expressing itself in some form of the argu 

 ment from design. It is always in some measure 

 the logical result of man s regard to causality ; and, 

 perhaps even more, it is the expression of the religious 

 sentiment, which, to use the language of Hume in 

 reference to the moral sense, Nature has made 

 universal in the race. Of Nature, as interpreted by 

 Science, there is no key other than is found in re 

 cognition of an Immanent and Intelligent Cause, in 

 the midst of all, and concerned with all, that belongs 

 to the history of Being. This is the First Cause 

 the Eternal Personality, related to the spiritual life 

 of rational souls, as He can be related to no other 

 type of existence within the wide sphere of Creation. 



