122 FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE. 



that of the wallowing reptiles which once held possession 

 of this planet. Meanwhile the mystery is not without its 

 uses. It certainly may be made a power in the human soul ; 

 but it is a power which has feeling, not knowledge, for its 

 base. It may be, and will be, and I hope is, turned to 

 account, both in studying and strengthening the intellect, 

 and in rescuing man from that littleness to which, in the 

 struggle for existence, or for precedence in the world, he 

 is continually prone. 



