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sequence had I not first dethroned all my past beliefs 

 and opinions at least while writing this work. I am con- 

 vinced that in the Hypothesis I am placing before him, lies a 

 means that in abler hands than mine, will evolve a solution of 

 many past difficulties, and a means of conducing to future good 

 that is beyond the power of my poor brains to accomplish, 

 yes, even to comprehend. If I have placed the statements 

 herein before the reader in a very elementary, unproved and 

 imperfectly illustrated fashion, I have done so for this reason, 

 that I have felt that it will take years of thought and study 

 to enlarge sufficiently on the subject that this Hypothesis 

 contains, or to be able to approach many of the issues herein 

 raised in anything like a detailed manner, without weakening 

 present ideals and beliefs to an extent that would not only 

 be unwise but might even be harmful. 



The least said, soonest mended, and I have therefore 

 decided to make this publication merely a short and 

 very imperfect work, content if it is sufficient for my reader 

 to form some conception of the vast realms of thought in a 

 new, and, I feel confident, useful and ultimately beneficial 

 direction, which I trust will in abler hands, helped by wiser 

 brains and minds than mine at a future date, do so much to 

 ultimately produce a wiser and truer conception of what at 

 present are nothing more or less than hidden mysteries wait- 

 ing to be unearthed by the wisdom of man's mind now that 

 he is gaining the faculty of Understanding some of the truths 

 of divine wisdom, but the threshold of which we are yet only 

 able to approach, not enter. I therefore do not wish the 

 reader to consider I am anxious to argue for or against the 

 views I have expressed. My sole object has been to place as 

 many new views of thought before the reader's mind in a new 

 light as this extraordinary hypothesis has created in my own 

 brain, leaving him to accept what he fancies, and to reject what 

 he dislikes, and add such additions as his mind may suggest. 



For the same reason I have not attempted to glance 

 into the future, as this would entail even more risk than 

 I have already taken of offending present opinions ; and pro- 

 phecy is a task I do not yet intend to risk my hand at. But 

 before putting down my pen, I must ask my reader to remem- 

 ber it is not eighteen months since this extraordinary hypo- 

 thesis became known to me, and even to form the barest con- 



