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may not know what things are, but we may know 

 how they behave — The material world remains 

 substantial, though substantiality is a purely men- 

 tal concept — Dr. Johnson's experiment — Illustra- 

 tions for the problem of reality — Universal mind 

 cannot know the element of surprise — Comparisons 

 of reality and unreality — The concept of the uni- 

 verse as pure thought sheds light on many clouded 

 situations found in modern physics. ... A uni- 

 verse of thought postulates creation as an act of 

 thought — Finiteness almost obliges us to "paint 

 creation as an act of thought" — Electrons imply 

 thought — Modern science discloses a creator work- 

 ing outside time and space, contrary to the cosmog- 

 ony of Genesis. 



XV The Scientific Argument for Per- 

 sonal Survival by Sir Oliver 

 Lodge . . . . . .251 



Reluctance felt for spirit communication — The gen- 

 eral public does well to be cautious — It should 

 wait for wider consensus of approval — Assertions 

 plentiful about unusual phenomena — Trustworthy 

 evidence difficult to obtain — Testimony about psy- 

 chic happenings prevalent through human history 

 — Looked at askance because no guiding theory 

 has been formulated — Psychic phenomena is sus- 

 pected not only because of its unusual character — 

 Much orthodox science is of this character — But 

 because of preconception and prejudice. . . . Aim 

 of science has been study, mostly, of naturalistic 

 phenomena — Actions of higher beings liable to be 

 discounted as relic of primitive superstition — Once, 

 planetary motion attributed to psychic guidance — 

 Then came Newton and Laplace with theory of 

 gravitation — So science was born — Lightning, vol- 

 canoes, disease were given physical causes — Ever 

 since science has sought physical reasons for phe- 

 nomena — Physical processes underly all cosmic 

 marvel — The stars have yielded their secrets. . . . 

 Why the spirit hypothesis is considered a step 

 backward — Can all consciousness be explained by 

 mechanism? — What of Beauty? — Could mechan- 

 ical human structures apprehend the universe? — 

 Human nature more than a mechanism — Emotions 

 of poetry, drama, music transcend the physical 

 basis — Man has elements which are more than 

 physical processes: he has faith, hope, love — 

 Chemical processes are but manifestations of these 

 higher purposes. . . . The philosopher's view — 

 Reality more than the mechanicians have thought 



