I'his infinite progress of Diogenes is Carlyle's epitome of the 

 progress of the race. From vague sensations, and the 

 Bprawling out of fingers a.nd toes, humanity has eome By 

 the way of thought, fantasy, and force, to dynasties., 

 poetries and reHgion. Thus according to Carlyle, the life 

 of the race began as a jubbHng flux of sensations ; the fing- 

 ers and toes sprawling out without definite intent. But in 

 this jubbling flux of atomic sensations there eanie a 

 time when "thought" a':\'oke. Life, aiUgmented by thonght, 

 or knowledge, fore-saw ether ends, compared them with 

 the mere flux, judged them to be of a higher order. Fore- 

 seeing them it sought them. Aaid life's foresight has been 

 revealing and pursuing higher and higher forms of life till 

 we have reached the civilization of tho twentieth century; 

 nor has the revelation cea.se<l, for is there not m cm' fan- 

 tasy, on the way to become a fact, the feeling of int-erna- 

 tional good will. It seems to be the case, therefore, 

 that the knowledge, or science, of life's involuntary flirx, 

 and of how to train it to higher ends, is a vital and creative 

 factor in the progressive well-being of the race, both in its 

 lower and higher issues. True, as we shall show, knowl- 

 edge is not sovereign in the kingdom of life. It is, never- 

 theless, the chief minister of the kingdom, guiding the 

 clashing units toi a larger union in which the highest good 

 of each is found in the highest good of all. 



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It appears, therefore, from what has been said, that, 

 while knowledge of the world in which we live, has, like 

 every other power, its moral dangers, it is nevertheless, 

 always safer than ignorance. It further appeal's that 

 knowledge, particularly in its modern scientific form, is 

 an indispensable equipment in the progress of civilization. 

 Let me now point out the part it plays ui the very highesfe 

 things of human life. 



The sages of every age have lifted science., i.e.* pra^^ 

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