196 HAS SCIENCE DISCOVERED GOD? 



In the course of centuries of centuries, so that to-day 

 It Is just as axiomatic as Newton's laws of motion; 

 and It Is a sufficient proof of the existence of the soul, 

 although the actions and reactions of the soul are for 

 the present, and probably will remain forever, entirely 

 outside of Newtonian dynamics. 



The creative power of the soul Is the only guide in 

 our attempts to decipher the meaning of this ultra- 

 material substance. It furnishes the most reliable 

 standard of comparing the soul of one man with the 

 soul of another man, and with that of lower animals. 

 This comparison, resembling, to some extent, the 

 scientific methods of quantitative measurement, has 

 been going on ever since civilization began. The 

 procedure of this enquiry Is in many ways equivalent 

 to the scientific method of enquiry by observation, 

 experiment, and calculation : what it lacks in precision 

 It makes up by Its vast number of trials and errors 

 extending over many centuries of qualitative measure- 

 ments by careful comparison. It resulted in the uni- 

 versal verdict, that not only Is the soul of man far 

 superior to the animal soul, but that this difference is 

 immeasurably greater than the difference in their 

 bodily structures. 



The comparison revealed also an element in this 

 difference which towers high above all the other differ- 

 entiating elements — it Is the spiritual element. The 

 creative power of the human soul has created a new 

 world in human consciousness : It is the spiritual world. 

 Perhaps something resembling this spiritual world 

 exists also in the consciousness of lower animals; but 

 if It does there is no unmistakable sign of it in their 



