"The Law of Substance" 19 



the dualist antithesis of God and the world, in 

 its recognition that the world exists in virtue of 

 its own inherent forces. The maxim of the 

 pantheist, c God and the world are one,' is merely 

 a polite way of giving the Lord God his conge"" 

 (p. 103). 



Thus we are led on, from what may be 

 supposed to be a bare statement of two 

 recent generalisations of science, first of all 

 to regard them as almost axiomatic or self- 

 evident ; next, to consider that they solve 

 the main problem of the universe ; and, 

 lastly, that they suffice to replace the Deity 

 Himself. 



To curb these extravagant pretensions it 

 is only necessary to consider soberly what 

 these physical laws really assert. 



Conservation of Energy. 



Take first the conservation of energy. 

 This generalisation asserts that in every 

 complete material system, subject to any 

 kind of internal activity, the total energy of 

 the system does not change, but is subject 



