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even the granule, were material, visible un- 

 der the microscope, and hence realities. The 

 gemmule in its evolution has become as spec- 

 ulative as the atom or electron a mental ob- 

 ject asserted to be physical. The Psyche has 

 thus reached the point of affirming on its own 

 authority that it has the Pliysis as sensuous 

 counterpart, though inaccessible to the 

 senses. 



Inevitably the question rises about the re- 

 lation between these ultimate units (of course 

 only at present ultimate) of the organic and 

 inorganic worlds, for instance, the gemmule 

 and the electron. As yet they are refractory 

 and refuse unity; each maintains decidedly 

 its own individuality against the other. Still 

 we have to cast the horoscope of science 

 which, in its own evolution, has become so 

 deeply speculative. The possibility of a com- 

 mon meeting-point between the Diacosmos 

 and the Biocosmos would seem to lie in that 

 as yet very elusive medium known as the 

 Ether, and in its unit (called by us the Ethe- 

 rion) the elemental gemmule of Life may yet 

 be found reposing. All this is only theory 

 and forecast; still on both sides of the line 

 Diacosmical as well as Biocosmical, we note 

 the common trend, as yet separate, but seem- 

 ingly converging in a point toward the in- 

 finitely small. Such we may see in these two 



