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cus, and Galileo. Before Newton mathematically de- 

 monstrated the truth of the attraction of gravitation, 

 even Kepler, who formulated the laws of planetary mo- 

 tions, thought that the stars were held in place by an 

 angel at each one. Prior to Darwin, there was merely a 

 vague idea here and there, as shown heretofore in these 

 pages, of the origin of species. 



So that, until man comes into correct relation, in- 

 tellectually, with what is termed the physical laws of 

 nature, it is very doubtful whether he could form a 

 natural code, that would ba at all adapted to his need 

 of a desirable correspondence with his physical environ- 

 ment. Ignorance is a strong support of immorality. 



The same conclusion drawn above from the errors in 

 astronomy and physics, will apply to man's conception 

 of other branches of science, such as biology, chemistry, 

 anatomy, and physiology. The proper care of his body 

 is a question of hygiene very largely, but as its condi- 

 tion affects his offspring also, there is thus a moral bear- 

 ing, to his treatment of even his own body. Hence, the 

 necessity of considering man's relation to inorganic na- 

 ture, as not altogether intellectual and unmoral. To 

 some extent, in every thing a man does, from the un- 

 conscious act of breathing, up to the highest thought 

 produced by the molecular motion of the brain tissue, 

 there is a right, or moral, way to do it. The man who 

 breathes correctly is doing more good to his body, than 

 he would do, by abnormal breathing. The assimilation 

 of food, the walk, the manner of wearing clothes, the 

 expression of the face, the articulation of words, even 

 the selection of the proper words in speech, all have an 

 ethical bearing. If these are well done, it means that 

 they fit into the noiseless correspondence. the life, of 

 the organism, and its surroundings; the individual thus 



