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strife in which I found myself engaged. If those 

 things which we call the physical world the 

 substances and forces with which Science deals 

 are but phenomenal (that is, if they are but appear- 

 ances of some existence which we thus perceive 

 not as it is), then the reducing of physical life to 

 the results of chemical and mechanical processes no 

 more disappoints the intellect, or makes a discord 

 in the soul. 



Life is not thereby banished from the world: it 

 is but shown to have its seat in that which is not 

 phenomenal. It is a living world which we thus 

 perceive under the appearance of passive forces ; 

 of chemistry and mechanism. The authority of our 

 native instincts, the trustworthiness of our deepest 

 feelings, are still maintained ; they are restored with 

 fuller sway. Of the two results that seem to follow 

 from the scientific investigation of life the univer- 

 sality of its presence, and its resolution into dead 

 mechanic force the former remains a truth, the 

 latter is but an appearance. Life is universal: it 

 only seems to be mechanical. 



See ! we give up, at the call of truth, what we 



