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God's, for complete immanence implies complete trans- 

 cendence. 



The identity of the experience of human personality 

 and divine personality the identity of Reality for man 

 and God is the guarantee of human immortality. Men 

 cannot simply enjoy a vicarious immortality in some 

 higher, worthier descendant, because immortality is a 

 personal experience, and personal experience deter- 

 mines the nature of Reality; because the Kingdom of 

 Heaven is within us even now, and we already know 

 eternal life. The plurality with which we are in daily 

 contact is but the index of a process in us that is yet un- 

 finished. In completed, perfect union with God the 

 Oneness of the Whole will be vindicated and shine forth 

 as the great light illuminating all dark places, yet we 

 shall retain the self-identity which is the hall mark of 

 personal Being. 



The difficulty of Ultimate Truth lies in its vast sim- 

 plicity. It takes all the running that we can do to stay 

 in the same place, if we try to follow philosophy. But 

 after running the Red Queen lets us rest awhile, and even 

 refreshes us with a dry biscuit or two. The biscuits may 

 be nourishing, but they cannot quench our thirst. Not 

 to the Philosophic Queen do we turn when we really 

 need the water of life. None the less the killing race to 

 keep up with her, the dry nourishment that is our re- 

 ward when we are allowed to pause, the first shock of 

 disappointment when we find ourselves still under the 

 same tree, have their uses. We must take exercise if we 

 would remain healthy, and it is a great thing to know 

 that all our wanderings end in the familiar scenes, where 

 we shall find those who are too young, or too old, or too 

 feeble to run, waiting to welcome us under the shadow 

 of the old Home-Tree; to find that they were right after 

 all when they said that all our running could not get us 

 further; and to sit down and munch our reward, the dry 



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