21 8 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



It implies no contradiction or absurdity, from 

 what we see and know, to say that there are 

 probably many beings invisible and superior in na- 

 ture to us. Since it has been proven by philoso- 

 phers that all corporeal motions proceed originally 

 from something incorporeal, it must be as certain 

 that there are incorporeal substances, as that there 

 is motion. 



So there may be above us beings of greater 

 power, and more perfect intellects, and capable of 

 more wonderful things, who yet may have corporeal 

 vehicles as we have, but finer and invisible. 



The great complex system of our earthly planets, 

 satellites, and comets, which revolve around the sun, 

 is only an infinitesimal portion of the myriads of 

 like systems which are composed of the same sub- 

 stance and regulated by the same laws which the 

 All-wise Creator has made for some purpose. When 

 looking up on a clear night and beholding the 

 bright sky with such a glorious galaxy of stars, 

 how few realize that those bright stars are suns 

 which are the centers of solar systems of worlds ; 

 satellites and comets like our system, majestically 

 sweeping around in space, all created and controlled 

 by the omnipotent laws of God. 



