592 : CONCLUSION. 
on the elevation which others have already reached,—he yet 
knows nothing of those wondrous operations, which are the 
essential parts of every one of those complicated functions by 
which the life of the body is sustained. Why one cell should 
absorb,—why another, that seems exactly to resemble it, 
should assimilate,—why a third should secrete,—why a fourth 
should prepare the reproductive germs,—and why, of the two 
germs that seem exactly similar, one should be developed into 
the simplest Zoophyte, and another into the complex fabric of 
Man,—are questions that Physiology is not likely ever to 
answer. All our science is but the investigation of the mode 
or plan on which the Creator acts ; the Power which operates 
is Infinite, and therefore inscrutable to our limited compre- 
hension. But when Man shall have passed through this 
embryo state, and shall have undergone that metamorphosis 
by which everything whose purpose was temporary shall be 
thrown aside, and his permanent or immortal essence shall 
alone remain, then, we are encouraged to believe, his finite 
mind shall be raised more nearly to the character of the Infi- 
nite, all his highest aspirations shall be gratified, and never- 
ending sources of delightful contemplation shall be continually 
opening to his view. The Philosopher who has attained the 
highest summit of mortal wisdom, is he who, if he use his 
mind aright, has the clearest perception of the limits of human 
knowledge, and the most earnest desires for the lifting of the 
veil that separates him from the Unseen. He, then, has the 
strongest motives for that humility of spirit and purity of 
heart, without which, we are assured, none shall see God, 
