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the Universe, from to-day knowledge, may perhaps 

 be to look upon it as a gigantic organism, con- 

 structed like all other organisms in the universe as a 

 colony of units : a Universal Being of which all 

 solar systems, suns, and planets are but members, each 

 with its own work to do, yet all working in unison : 

 a Being eternal in existence, of kaleidoscopic form, 

 kaleidoscopic functions, and kaleidoscopic purposes ; 

 the same and yet different yesterday, to-day, and for- 

 ever. But while we may thus admire and wonder 

 at such a Being, it would be folly to worship it. As 

 well may we expect a blood corpuscle to worship a 

 man, or a coral polyp to adore a coral reef. 



