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limited. True, there are many things which it can- 

 not penetrate — this nearest of all facts, for instance, 

 how we live and move and have our being ; neither 

 can any other faculty penetrate the mystery. It is 

 not reason that sees the truth of poetry or art ; the 

 most reasonable man in the world may fail to see 

 the poetic or artistic truth of Homer or Angelo. 

 Neither is it reason that sees the truth of religion, 

 using the word in its largest sense, as dissociated 

 from all creeds ; no, it is the soul, the higher intel- 

 ligence, that sees the truth or the worth of these 

 things. But it is the reason that sees the truth or 

 falsity of the dogmas of the church, the science of 

 it, its theology. These are propositions addressed 

 to the understanding and not to the soul. It is 

 reason that grasps the philosophy of literature and 

 art, but literature and art themselves address quite 

 a different part of our nature. In its own spheres 

 we must give reason its way. In the objective 

 world of fact and experience we have no guide but 

 reason. How far reason can deal with the inner 

 subjective world is another matter. " The king- 

 dom of heaven cometh not with observation," nor 

 with reasoning. Logic may deepen a man's reli- 

 gious convictions, but it is doubtful if it can ever 

 bring it about in the first place. Something more 

 personal and emotional is necessary. I should say 

 that it was not even necessary that a religion be 

 true to the reason to save men, at least in this 

 world ; it is necessary that it be true to the moral 

 sense — that is, that it be worthy, that it cherish 



