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ther, that sudden changes of religious institutions, 

 as of political institutions, are certain to be fol- 

 lowed by reactions. 



"If it be asked why, thinking thus, I have 

 persevered in setting forth views at variance 

 with current creeds, my reply is the one elsewhere 

 made: 'It is for each to utter that which he 

 sincerely believes to be true, and, adding his 

 unit of influence to all other units, leave the 

 results to work themselves out. ' ' 



Largely, however, Spencer's change of mood 

 in regard to religious creeds and institutions 

 resulted from "a deepening conviction that the 

 sphere occupied by them can never become an 

 unfilled sphere, but that there must continue to 

 arise afresh the great questions concerning our- 

 selves and surrounding things; and that, if not 

 positive answers, then modes of consciousness 

 standing in place of positive answers must ever 

 remain." 



We venture to quote a somewhat lengthy 

 passage because of its quite unique interest 

 in regard to the relations between science and 

 religion: 



"By those who know much, more than by those 

 who know little, is there felt the need for ex- 

 planation. Whence this process, inconceivable 

 however symbolized, by which alike the monad 



