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to the Latin conception of a God remote from the 

 world of phenomena, and manifested only through 

 occasional interference, the conception that has 

 until lately prevailed in the Western world since 

 the time of St. Augustine, then we may agree 

 with him; the practical effect of the doctrine of 

 evolution is to abolish such a conception. But 

 with regard to the Greek conception entertained 

 by St. Athanasius ; the conception of God as im- 

 manent in the world of phenomena and manifested 

 in every throb of its mighty rhythmical life ; the 

 deity that Richard Hooker, prince of English 

 churchmen, had in mind when he wrote of Natural 

 Law that " her seat is the bosom of God, and her 

 voice the harmony of the world/'- -with regard 

 to this conception the practical effect of the doc- 

 trine of evolution is not to abolish, but to strengthen 

 and confirm it. For, into whatever province of 

 Nature we carry our researches, the more deeply 

 we penetrate into its laws and methods of action, 

 the more clearly do we see that all provinces of 

 Nature are parts of an organic whole animated by 

 a single principle of life that is infinite and eter- 

 nal. I have no doubt Professor Haeckel would 

 not only admit this, but would scout any other view 

 as inconsistent with the monism which he professes. 

 But he would say that this infinite and eternal 



