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differences. The divine skill with which this has been accom- 

 plished appears to be the source of our embarrassments. 

 Permitted variations necessary for life under actual conditions 

 render the problem still more puzzling, and give us ample 

 room for experiment and observation to distinguish between 

 constant and inconstant differences ; but this need not 

 drive us to despair, for we do not choose to contem- 

 plate nature apart from God. It has been well said by 

 Canon Westcott, that "theology accepts, without the least 

 reserve, the conclusions of science as such ; it only rejects 

 the claim of science to contain within itself every spring of 

 knowledge and every domain of thought/' * Nor are we 

 justified in substituting imagination for reason. Let us, by 

 all means, use analogy, fancy, and poetry for our enjoyment 

 and delight, they are beautiful and profitable modes of thought; 

 but, in constructing the Temple of Science, we may use 

 them as embellishments, not as building materials. 



* Gospel of the Resurrection. 



