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modern scientific theorists is, that, preoccu- 

 pied by mechanical problems, they refuse 

 to see, deny, nay, scoff at the very idea of 

 such an organic power 5 , because they do 

 not understand it. They ban it, as miraculous. 

 But let us consider the question. The first 

 principle of science is to recognise facts : 

 and there is more in Nature than is dreamed 

 of by these philosophers. 



There is, in the process of organic origi- 

 nation, an element that lies beyond and out- 

 side any possible mechanical explanation. 

 The mechanism of the process does not and 

 cannot explain the process itself: it ex- 

 plains its action within limits, but not 

 its raison d'etre: as, for example, the me- 

 chanism of the clock does not explain its 

 origin, the wherefore of its being : it can- 



8 The reason is, that they are biassed against theology. 

 But theology has nothing to do with it. Theology or 

 no theology, let us recognise what Nature is. 



