in MIND AND WORK 193 



beforehand for definite functions. The 

 force of chemical affinity is one of the 

 most powerful of the physical energies 

 in Nature. It is one great agent even 

 the main agent in digestion. But it 

 could neither devise nor make a stomach. 

 Substitute for the word " energy" that 

 other word which evidently fits better 

 into Mr. Spencer's real thought viz. 

 the word " mind " and then we can be 

 well agreed. Then Mr. Spencer's fine 

 sentence is but a dim and confused echo 

 of the conception conveyed in the line so 

 well known to most of us "And God 

 fulfils Himself in many ways." 



Since these pages were written it 

 has been announced that Mr. Herbert 

 Spencer has completed the really Her- 

 culean labour of building up his " Syn- 

 thetic System of Philosophy." It does 

 not need to be one of his disciples to 



