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2. A true correlative classification of the special sciences, 

 viz., astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, eth- 

 ics, psychology ; that is, from the greater and general to the 

 smaller and more complex i. e., from the star- world down 

 to the mind of man. 



3. The law of the " three states," or of " deanthropo- 

 morphization," as John Fiske states it with his peculiar 

 brevity. That is, that man's philosophical conceptions 

 develop from theology to metaphysics, and finally to sci- 

 ence. 



4. The supremacy of humanity ; as the solution, guaran- 

 tor, and chief factor of human life and human affairs. 



5. The general law of interdependence ; that the higher 

 rests upon the lower, buc that both are for each other. 



6. That rights and duties are the two sides of the same 

 relation under the love, order, and progress of scientific so- 

 ciology. 



The French people are slow to discover their great men. 

 Lamarck and Cointe have never been understood by theo- 

 logical and metaphysical France ; and the France of science, 

 aside from narrow-minded specialism, has yet chiefly to 

 come. 



The works of Herbert Spencer and of our own John 

 Fiske are also able approaches to monism, and are too well 

 known in this country to require lengthy exposition here. 

 They have added materially to the better understanding of 

 the new philosophy and religion of science, and, as commen- 

 taries upon and contributions toward it, are invaluable. We 

 have noted the error that seems to many common to them 

 both, so plainly pointed out and dwelt upon by Frederic 

 Harrison, the English positivist, in his celebrated religious 

 discussions with Mr. Spencer viz., the unwarranted assump- 

 tion of an unknowable " entity " or " energy " back of phe- 

 nomena and back of human consciousness. This seems to 

 be plainly irreconcilable with the doctrine of universal corre- 

 lation. And that it is as plainly " unreligious " in its practi- 

 cal consequences, I think Mr. Harrison has made equally 

 manifest in the Discussion referred to. 



The cosmic emotion, with its wonder, awe, and venera- 

 tion, is excited and best sustained by The All the world of 

 correlation and not by any " energy " outside of it : " from 

 whence all things flow," as Mr. Spencer tells us. The " all 

 things " which does not include all possible " energy " is an 

 incomplete schedule. " Energy " is a correlated part of " all 



