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this fluor-spar. For aught I know, every one of you may 
be in this condition, requiring but the proper agent to be 
applied the proper word to be spoken to remove a detent, 
and to render you conscious of light and warmth within 
yourselves and sources of both to others. 
The circle of human nature, then, is not complete with- 
out the arc of the emotions. The lilies of the field have a 
value for us beyond their botanical ones a certain light- 
ening of the heart accompanies the declaration that 
"Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of 
these." The sound of the village bell has a value beyond 
its acoustical one. The setting sun has a value beyond its 
optical one. The starry heavens, as you know, had for 
Immanuel Kant a value beyond their astronomical one. I 
think it very desirable to keep this horizon of the emotions 
open, and not to permit either priest or philosopher to 
draw down his shutters between you and it. Here the dead 
languages, which are sure to be beaten by science in the 
purely intellectual fight, have an irresistible claim. They 
supplement the work of science by exalting and refining 
the aesthetic faculty, and must on this account be cherished^ 
by all who desire to see human culture complete. There 
must be a reason for the fascination which these languages 
have so long exercised upon powerful and elevated minds 
a fascination which will probably continue for men of 
Greek and Roman mold to the end of time. 
In connection with this question one very obvious danger 
besets many of the more earnest spirits of our day the 
danger of haste in endeavoring to give the feelings repose. 
We are distracted by systems of theology and philosophy 
which were taught to us when -young, and which now' 
excite in us a hunger and a thirst for knowledge not proved 
to be attainable. There are periods when the judgment 
ought to remain in suspense, the data on which a decision 
might be based being absent. This discipline of suspending 
the judgment is a common one in science, but not so 
common as it ought to be elsewhere. I walked down 
Regent Street some time ago with a man of great gifts and 
acquirements, discussing with him various theological ques- 
tions. I could not accept his views of the origin and des- 
tiny of the universe, nor was I prepared to enunciate any 
definite views of my own. He turned to me at length and 
said, " You surely must have a theory of the universe." 
