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foolish as to no longer recognise gravity because the 

 gravitational concepts of Newton have been shown 

 by Einstein to be but a specialized picture in a mathe- 

 matical concept of more comprehensive proportions. 



If any one is disheartened because of man's seem- 

 ingly insignificant place in the universe, he may well 

 take heart from the concepts of relativity which have 

 shown that all dimensions are but comparative and that 

 space and time are but convenient devices on which 

 may be spread for our understanding a sequence of 

 world events. If one were to seek a cheerful picture 

 of man dimensionally that would appear to enhance 

 his significance in the cosmic scheme one may reflect 

 that as to size man physically occupies a place about 

 mid-way between the electron and the solar system. 

 I see, however, little reason for seeking such question- 

 able consolation. The contribution of science which 

 appears to me far more significant in encouraging a 

 religious outlook is the fact that structurally man is 

 made of just such stuff as stars are made from. Such 

 a unity in his material make-up suggests a kinship 

 that may well be paralleled in the spiritual world. 

 Associated with the protoplasm of our bodily make-up 

 is the ability to look into a starlit sky and to conceive 

 an all but unending universe, a universe into which 

 for a little while man comes to play his part, he knows 

 not why, but how he plays, I fancy, will depend quite 

 as much upon his religion as upon his science. 



A God to-day, adequate to the needs of the scien- 

 tific intelligence, will as far surpass the God of the 

 world of primitive man as does the universe of Edd- 

 ington surpass the old Babylonian cosmos. The sense 



