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universes, at present (to us) non-material, and more 

 or less immaterial. 



Of one thing, however, we may be certain: No 

 universe exists which is entirely unconnected with 

 this of ours. We know that the fruit of our 

 slightest act goes thundering down the ages, that 

 nothing is ever effaced, that everything is of infinite 

 and eternal consequence. And if it leaves a per- 

 manent mark on the material universe, it will 

 affect, also, all invisible universes. This reflection 

 may give a new zest to our present form of existence. 

 To pierce into the innermost recesses of nature, 

 to mould natural forces to our will, to make life 

 happy and glorious for ourselves and our kind, 

 to assert our supremacy over disease and death, 

 to conquer and rule the universe in virtue of the 

 infinite power within us such is our task here 

 and now. 



It is being more and more consciously taken in 

 hand by the human race a race which, since its 

 earliest origins, has numbered about a billion indi- 

 viduals. The aggregate lives of these individuals 

 cover a vast variety of experiences and circumstances, 

 and the record of those experiences is embodied in 

 our own physical organisms and other records more 

 or less permanent. The human race has hurled 

 itself against the fastnesses of nature and captured 

 them one by one. The war has been a record of 

 blood and tears. But in the new generation the 



