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ence, therefore, is not in itself, but out of it ; not below, but 

 above it. The explanation of the beautiful but often mys- 

 terious arrangements of the physical globe is to be found not 

 in it, but in the higher moral and intellectual sphere of man 

 for whom they were made, in order to be there the means of 

 accomplishing a more exalted end than their mere material 

 existence. The key which opens for us the mysteries of the 

 evolutions of history, is to be sought in that future perfect 

 economy which is its end, and towards which, under God's 

 guidance, human progress is advancing with a steady step. A 

 science of the globe which excludes the spirit-world represented 

 by man, is a beautiful body without a soul. Eitter, as I trust 

 I have abundantly shown, put a soul into that body. This 

 will make his memory live forever in the grateful remembrance 

 of all lovers of true science. 



Let us, therefore, continue in the footsteps of these mas- 

 ters in science. Humboldt furnishes the means ; Eitter marks 

 the goal. Like Humboldt, let us study nature in a truth-loving 

 and devoted spirit, and, with combined forces, perfect that edi- 

 fice which he has already reared so high. Like Eitter, let us, 

 with scrupulous care and a pure mind, pursue in all parts of 

 our earthly domain the investigation of these wondrous harmo- 

 nies of nature and history, of which he has traced the great 

 outlines. With the lofty ideal which was before his mind, let 

 us try to realize his conception, which still needs a further 

 growth to unfold all its beauty ; and we shall have a right to 

 look with hope towards a future science and a future Cosmos, 

 which will be the full and adequate expression of the wisdom 

 and goodness displayed in God's plan of the material and 

 moral creation, which will satisfy all the legitimate craving of 

 the human mind for knowledge, and which by its very utter- 

 ance shall be, according to Eitter' s own words, man's song of 

 praise and of adoration to the divine Author of the universe. 



