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between the believer in the God of 

 the Bible and the speculating materialist. 

 It can never be conceded by the one; 

 it never will be given up, I presume, 

 by the other. 



Again, Professor Tyndall, while justly 

 making on behalf of science " claims 

 for the unrestricted right of search," 

 observes "It is not to the point to 

 say that the views of Darwin and Spencer 

 may be wrong. Here I should agree 

 with you, deeming it indeed certain that 



these views will undergo modification 



The world embraces not only a Newton, 

 but a Shakespeare * not only a Darwin, 

 but a Carlyle (though the latter has 

 pronounced the theory of the former to be 

 6 deluded insanity '). Not in each of these, 

 but in all, is human nature whole. They 

 are not opposed, but supplementary not 

 mutually exclusive, but reconcilable ! And 

 if, unsatisfied with them all, the human 

 mind, with the yearning of a pilgrim 



* See Appendix M. 

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