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universe manifests is utterly inscrutable." (p. 

 46). "The ultimate of ultimates is Force." 

 " Matter and motion, as we know them, are 

 differently conditioned manifestations of force." 

 " If, to use an algebraic illustration, we repre- 

 sent Matter, Motion, and Force, by the symbols 

 X, y, z ; then we may ascertain the values of x 

 and y in terms of z, but the value of z can 

 never be found ; z is the unknown quantity, 

 which must forever remain unknown, for the 

 obvious reason that there is nothing in which 

 its value can be expressed." (pp. 169, 170). 



We have, then, no God but Force. Atheist is 

 everywhere regarded as a term of reproach. 

 Every man instinctively recoils from it. Even 

 the philosophers of the time of the French 

 Revolution repudiated the charge of atheism, 

 because they believed in motion ; and motion 

 being inscrutable, they believed in an inscrutable 

 something, i. e. in Force. We doubt not Mr. 

 Spencer would indignantly reject the imputation 

 of atheism ; nevertheless, in the judgment of 

 most men, the difference between Antitheist 

 and Atheist is a mere matter of orthography. 



