264 Anima Mundi. 



calls Theological explanations in Science tells 

 us that we may just as well speak of a watch 

 as the abode of a "watch- force," as speak 

 of the organization of an animal as the abode 

 of a " vital Force," l he is guilty of an over- 

 sight common to all those who share his views. 

 It is quite true that the Forces by which a 

 watch moves are natural Forces. But it is the 

 relation of interdependence in which these 

 Forces are placed to each other, or, in other 

 words, the adjustment of them to a particu- 

 lar Purpose, which constitutes the " watch- 

 force ; " and the seat of this Force which is 

 in fact no one Force but a combination of 

 many Forces is in the Intelligence which 

 conceived that combination, and in tJie Will 

 which gave it effect. 



" The mechanisms devised by Man are in this respect 

 only an image of the more perfect mechanism of Nature, 

 in which the same principle of Adjustment is always the 

 highest result which Science can ascertain or recognise. 

 There is this difference, indeed, that in regard to our 

 works we see that our knowledge of natural laws is very 

 imperfect, and our control over them is very feeble ; 

 whereas in the machinery of Nature there is evidence of 

 complete knowledge and of absolute control. The uni- 

 versal rule is, that everything is brought about by way of 

 Natural Consequence. But another rule is, that all natural 



1 Lewes's " Philosophy of Aristotle," p. 37. 



