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logic formations with their fossils. What are rocks 

 and minerals, formations and fossils, and whence 

 came they? 



Look at the innumerable forms of plants covering 

 the earth with verdure — the whole vegetable king- 

 dom on the land and on the sea ; forests, mosses, and 

 confervae. Who shall explain the meaning of the 

 phenomena of the vegetable kingdom ? 



The oceans teem with animal life ; reptiles crawl 

 over all the land ; the hills and the valleys, the moun- 

 tains and the plains, are all inhabited by beasts ; 

 and the air itself is populated. Who shall tell us of 

 all the living things, and then explain life itself? 



Turn to the contemplation of man, organised into 

 tribes and nations; man possessed of innumerable 

 languages ; man engaged in arts and industries ; man 

 endowed with reason and will ; man in search of 

 moral principles to guide his conduct. Whence 

 came this man, and whither does he go. 



Among all tribes and nations of the globe, and in 

 all times, men have sought to discover the whence, 

 the how, and the why of all things — the phenomena 

 of the universe. 



The explanation of the universe is philosophy. 



The philosophies of the world may be classified 

 as — 



I. Mythologic. 

 II. Metaphysic 

 III. Scientific. 



Mythology and science constitute the two grand 

 systems of philosophy, but between them stands 



