MATTER AND MIND 15 



the vehicle of the whole thing, the instrument 

 upon which something is played. 



The higher the ascent that is made in the 

 scale of human thought and activity and the 

 closer f pproach that is made to those things, 

 which, in so many civilized races in common 

 and yet independently, have been regarded 

 as divine or sacred, the clearer does this dis- 

 tinction become. 



It is well known to us now that the love 

 of order and beauty as we perceive it, is a 

 part of all nature, and our love of the beautiful 

 is part of the evolution which was shaping and 

 forming beautiful things in creation long 

 before man was there to appreciate them and 

 take his part in the scheme of creation, but 

 what is the exact relationship of chemistry 

 and physics to this innate love of beauty and 

 science ? When we know more chemistry and 

 physics we shall understand it better, but it is 

 as yet too early to exclude all but chemistry 

 and physics from the scheme of our philosophy. 



The study of our social relationships to our 

 fellow-men again furnishes an example of the 

 relationship of chemistry and physics to 

 psychological and religious problems. Nearly 

 all social problems have a material basis, 

 but the interconnections and the factors which 

 sum up and urge us forward to solve such 



