﻿METAPHYSICAL 
  SPECULATION. 
  II 
  

   i 
  

  

  their 
  own 
  mind 
  and 
  spirit 
  — 
  its 
  phenomena 
  

   and 
  its 
  methods 
  of 
  procedure 
  — 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  

   ground 
  most 
  open 
  to 
  their 
  search, 
  and 
  must 
  

   afford 
  results 
  most 
  comprehensible 
  to 
  the 
  

   understanding. 
  And 
  so 
  they 
  plunged 
  into 
  all 
  

   the 
  problems 
  of 
  Metaphysics. 
  But 
  there 
  are 
  

   no 
  mysteries 
  so 
  deep 
  as 
  these 
  — 
  none 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  human 
  mind 
  reaches 
  so 
  soon 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  

   its 
  powers 
  — 
  none 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  temptation 
  is 
  

   stronger 
  to 
  strain 
  after 
  knowledge 
  which 
  is 
  

   shrouded 
  in 
  impenetrable 
  darkness. 
  The 
  

   greatest 
  intellects 
  which 
  the 
  world 
  has 
  ever 
  

   seen 
  have 
  laboured 
  at 
  such 
  problems, 
  and, 
  

   in 
  respect 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  many 
  of 
  them, 
  have 
  

   left 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  found 
  them. 
  The 
  same 
  

   tendency 
  of 
  metaphysical 
  speculation, 
  blend- 
  

   ing, 
  through 
  the 
  school 
  of 
  Alexandria, 
  with 
  

  

  