118 THE FAR PAST. 



that have been recently advanced to account for the great 

 chronological elimination of vitality. It is (if anything 

 man shall ever comprehend) the gradual unfolding of a 

 predestined scheme a divine conception, to the realisation 

 of which the various forces of nature, co-related and co- 

 adapted, are in ever-active co-operation. 



