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ness nor shadow of turning. Those who see great 

 gulfs fixed — and we have all begun by seeing them— 

 end by seeing them filled up. Were these gulfs es- 

 sential to any theory of the universe or of Man, even 

 the establishment of the unity of Nature were a dear 

 price to pay for obliterating them. But the apparent 

 loss is only gain, and the seeming gain were infinite 

 loss. For to break up Nature is to break up Reason, 

 and with it God and Man. 



