FORCE. 195 



It is not so. Already we have known, and have 

 rejoiced to know,' that nature, as we perceive it, is 

 but a vision ; for it is a vision presented to our eye 

 by that which is infinitely more. This inverted 

 telescope of science which dissipates the galaxies and 

 dissolves the stars, reducing nature into nothing- 

 nesspWrikes us with no astonishment, fills us with 

 no dismay. This solid-seeming universe may fade 

 before its gaze ; it does but bring us into a surer 

 presence of the things that are unseen. 



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