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object does that subserve ? Beauty in gen- 

 eral is not taken into account by science. 

 Very well, that may be all right, but it 

 exists nevertheless. It is not my function 

 to discuss it. No ; but it is my function 

 to remind you and myself that our studies 

 do not exhaust the Universe, and that if 

 we dogmatise in a negative direction, and 

 say that we can reduce everything to 

 physics and chemistry, we gibbet our- 

 selves as ludicrously narrow pedants, 

 and are falling far short of the richness 

 and fulness of our human birthright. 

 How far preferable is the reverent atti- 

 tude of the Eastern Poet 



The world with eyes bent upon thy feet stands 

 in awe with all its silent stars. 



Superficially and physically we are 

 very limited. Our sense organs are 

 adapted to the observation of matter; 

 and nothing else directly appeals to us. 

 Our nerve-muscle-system is adapted to 

 the production of motion in matter, in 

 desired ways; and nothing else in the 

 material world can we accomplish. Our 



