IN MODERN SCIENCE. 



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ing inseparably united with the internal fiir- 

 nishintr of mind which enables the little crea- 

 ture in very truth to 'walk by faith, and not 

 by sight.' Is this automatism ? Is this machi- 

 nery ? Yes, undoubtedly, in the sense explained 

 before-^-that the instinct has been given to the 

 bird in precisely the same sense in which its 

 structure has been given to it ; so that anterior 

 to all experience, and without the aid of in- 

 struction or of example, it is inspired to act in 

 this manner oh the appropriate occasion aris- 

 ing." 



Lastly, the reason of man himself is an actual 

 illustration of mind in nature. -Here we raise a 

 question which should perhaps have been con- 

 sidered earlier : Is man himself actually a part 

 of what we call nature ? We are so accustomed 

 to the distinction between tilings natural and 

 things artificial that we are liable to overlook 

 this essential question. Is nature the universe 

 outside of us, . containing the things that we 

 study and which constitute our environment? 

 Are we elevated on a pedestal, so to speak, 

 above nature? or, on the other hand, does na- 

 ture include man himself? In that haze or fog 

 of ideas which environs modern evolutionism, 

 it is not wonderful that this question escapes 



