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of the Hysop on the wall, up to that of the being 

 and nature of God, into one compact and organic 

 whole. 



18. Universology, for the reasons above stated, de- 

 clines the jurisdiction of the technically so called 

 learned or Scientific world as a special body of 

 judges, and comes for understanding and apprecia- 

 tion to the general mind of humanity, learned and 

 unlearned alike, according to inherent capacity. It 

 will rather arraign and judge the scientific world 

 than submit to be judged by it. It is always well to 

 remember that " NEW THINGS ARE NEW," and that they 

 must be comprehended, before they can be intelligibly or 

 usefully criticised. 1 



1 Since writing the last preceding few paragraphs (and some of 

 the preceding ones of similar tenor) I have received so much 

 genuine courtesy from representative men in the scientific world, 

 and my incipient exposition of the claims and principles of Uni- 

 versology have been accepted by them so cordially and in so cath- 

 olic a spirit, that I have been greatly tempted to expunge this 

 criticism upon the scientific position and tendencies of Specialists ; 

 but, on further reflection, and recurring to the larger scope of facts, 

 as well as to the principles themselves upon which this judgment 

 is pronounced, I conclude to let it remain as written, holding the 

 conviction that it will find a sufficiently extended field of applica- 

 tion. If some eminent men are more liberal, it is because they are 

 ceasing to be mere specialists, and are rapidly tending, themselves, 

 towards a true Universological expansion. s. P. A. 



