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The Other alternative Mr. Rix offers, is for the indi- 

 vidual " to lose itself in the Universal Soul," and he com- 

 pares us with buckets of sea-water let down again into 

 the ocean. " Well ! " he says, " this is the worst that can 

 happen, this mingling with the infinite." 



In conclusion, Mr. Rix makes many statements 

 which I cannot agree with or refute ; because they 

 convey no sense to my unmetaphysical comprehension ; 

 such as : " What we call ' matter ' is only ' soul ' mis- 

 apprehended " ; " there is no gulf between matter and 

 mind " ; " matter is but the plane where the mind of God 

 meets the mind of the creature," etc., etc. 



If all this and much more be edifying, instructive or 

 consoling, I am glad I am not a metaphysician. 



I have taken Mr. Rix's book as a type ; for others 

 write in much the same strain. 



