124 LIFE IN NATURE. 



ary speculations, or to despair of giving the true 

 explanation of all physiological facts. Since it is 

 given us to know our own existence, and be con- 

 scious of our own individuality, we may rest assured 

 that we have, what is in reality a far less wonderful 

 power, the capacity of comprehending all the con- 

 ditions of our life, Then, and not till then, will man 

 be a perfect monument of the wisdom and power 

 of his Maker, a created being knowing his own 

 existence, and capable of explaining it." 



