XVI. 

 A EUTUKE LIFE. 



It has been claimed that it is beyond the province 

 of science to deal with the question of a future life. 

 It seems to me that science may deal with all facts of 

 nature within our reach and draw such conclusions as- 

 these facts may justify. 



In the preceding pages I have endeavored to show 

 that the existence of the human mind can be ac- 

 counted for only by assuming the existence of an In- 

 telligent Cause; that it cannot be explained in 

 terms of matter, ether and force; and that being dif- 

 ferent from these, its existence cannot be determined 

 by them. 



The physicist is driven to assume the existence of 

 ether as a universal physical medium, and I think 

 that it is no less imperative to assume the existence of 

 God as a Universal Spirit. 



The present existence of mind is the most certain 

 fact in the Universe, and the present may give assur- 

 ance for the future. 



The human race has looked with steady gaze into 

 the future, and has believed and hoped that death will 

 not end all. This universal belief and desire to live 

 in the future are an assurance that the soul may sur- 

 vive. 



Why and " whence this strange desire, this longing 

 after immortality" if it must remain forever unsatis- 

 fied? Does nature mock herself? Does she promise 



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