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embryo of higher beings. Darwin's book, 

 then, it appears to me, is in perfect harmony 

 with those fundamental notions of philo- 

 sophy which we find more or less con- 

 sciously or deliberately expressed by tlie 

 greater part of those who have written on 

 natural science. I will enter into some par- 

 ticulars. 



The tendency of modern thought is unde- 

 niably towards monism. Dualism, whether 

 you are pleased to define it as the contrast 

 of spirit and nature, of contents and form, 

 of appearance and reality, is no longer a 

 firm ground to stand upon, if we wish to 

 survey the field of modern science. To the 

 latter there is no matter without spirit 

 (without the unavoidable force that governs 

 it), nor, on the other hand, any spirit with- 

 out matter. We might say, perhaps, that 

 there is neither matter nor spirit in the 

 usual acceptation of the words, but only a 



