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closure, through the intelligence with which we are en- 

 dowed, of the established order of the Universe. This dis- 

 closure it is the duty of every one to verify as far as in him 

 lies; and having verified, to receive with all humility. 



§ 6. On both sides of this great controversy, then, truth 

 must exist. An unbiassed consideration of its general as- 

 pects forces us to conclude that Religion, everywhere pres- 

 ent as a weft running through the warp of human history, 

 expresses some eternal fact ; while it is almost a truism to say 

 of Science that it is an organized mass of facts, ever grow- 

 ing, and ever being more completely purified from errors. 

 And if both have bases in the reality of things, then be- 

 tween them there must be a fundamental harmony. It is 

 an incredible hypothesis that there are two orders of truth, 

 in absolute and everlasting opposition. Only on some 

 Manichean theory, which among ourselves no one dares 

 openly avow however much his beliefs may be tainted by it, 

 is such a supposition even conceivable. That Religion is 

 divine and Science diabolical, is a proposition which, though 

 implied in many a clerical declamation, not the most vehe- 

 ment fanatic can bring himself distinctly to assert. And 

 whoever does not assert this, must admit that under their 

 seeming antagonism lies hidden an entire agreement. 



Each side, therefore, has to recognize the claims of the 

 other as standing for truths that are not to be ignored. He 

 who contemplates the Universe from the religious point of 

 view, must learn to see that this which we call Science is one 

 constituent of the great whole ; and as such ought to be re- 

 garded with a sentiment like that which the remainder ex- 

 cites. While he who contemplates the universe from the 

 scientific point of view, must learn to see that this which we 

 call Religion is similarly a constituent of the great whole; 

 and being such, must be treated as a subject of science with 

 no more prejudice than any other reality. It behoves each 

 party to strive to understand the other, with the conviction 



