42 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



what confidence could we have in this 

 man w^ho pretended to possess knowl- 

 edge about things entirely concealed 

 from us? We have no means of verify- 

 ing the information thus received. It 

 must be taken in good faith, and so the 

 gates to doubt would again be thrown 

 open. If someone returned, then, little 

 or nothing would be gained. In this, 

 as in other cases, there is no royal road 

 to truth. Only a painstaking research 

 will lead to the goal, if indeed it can 

 ever be attained. 



The question is, can investigation in 

 this direction accomplish anything? If 

 so, we must at least not entertain or 

 present any unreasonable demands. 

 Such an unreasonable demand would 

 be, for instance, to expect science to 

 explain the concrete forms w^hich life 

 would take in a transcendental world. 

 No man ever has or ever will make 

 such observations. It is even question- 

 able whether such knowledge w^ould be 

 useful or beneficial to us if obtained. 

 We have enough to occupy us in our 



