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however, between the creation of substance 

 and the creation of form. Of the former he 

 says science knows nothing. To the scientist 

 matter is eternal. If any one chooses to as- 

 sume that it was created by an extramundane 

 power, Haeckel says he will not object. But 

 that is a matter of faith ; and " where faith be- 

 gins, science ends." The very reverse of this 

 is true. Science must begin with faith. It 

 cannot take a single step without it. How 

 does Haeckel know that his senses do not 

 deceive him ? How does he know that he can 

 trust to the operations of his intellect ? How 

 does he know that things are as they appear ? 

 How does he know that the universe is not a 

 great phantasmagoria, as so many men have re- 

 garded it, and man the mere sport of chimeras ? 

 He must believe in the laws of belief impressed 

 on his nature. Knowledge implies a mind 

 that knows, and confidence in the act of know- 

 ing implies belief in the laws of mind. " An 

 inductive science of nature," says President 

 Porter, " presupposes a science of induction, 

 and a science of induction presupposes a sci- 

 ence of man." ^ Haeckel, however, says faith 



1 The Science of Nature versus the Science of Man. By 

 Noah Porter, President of Yale College. New York, 1871, p. 2D. 



