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make no pretensions to stellar learning. 

 The American professor is known to be 

 the founder of the " Pantheon of Pro- 

 gress" a magnificent temple on the 

 banks of the Hudson river, which, in 

 the comprehensive language of its archi- 

 tect, " covers an immense field of beautiful 

 conceptions, also boundless regions of 

 psychological problems and of scientific 

 discoveries innumerable " and author of 

 several works relating to " Spiritualism " 

 and the " Origin of Man." Hence, Pro- 

 fessor Davis, in his Principles of Nature, 

 teaches that " MATTER is the substance 

 of every thing in the universe, and it 

 is a law of Nature to produce its ultimate 

 result, viz., the MIND." 



In his description of the " Pantheon 

 of Progress," Professor Davis tells his 

 visitors that they will meet in his Halls 

 of Science with Brahma, "the representa- 

 tive idealist" Sanconiatho, "the divine 

 friend of mankind," and many other 

 ancient celebrities; notably Moses, "the 

 reputed author of certain personal bye- 



