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instinct that gave them hirth alone endures. What 

 is the value of this instinct ? It •would he presump- 

 tion for me to attempt to estimate it, or to hope to 

 disclose its full significance. Its history is written in 

 the various ethnic religions, often written in revolt- 

 ing forms and observances. But it tends more and 

 more to purify itself, rises more and more toward 

 the conception of the fact that the kingdom of hea- 

 ven is within and not without ; and this purification 

 has in our day unquestionably been forwarded by 

 what we call science. 



