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that which pre-eminently raises man above animals, giving him the 
control of those passions which he shares with them, his mental, 
moral, and religious nature, I read history wrongly if in this also 
there has not been a slow but certain advance. If there be any 
meaning in all this, the conclusion forces itself upon us, that not 
only shall man in the future gain a still greater control over the 
forces of nature, and obtain a profounder knowledge of her secrets, 
but shall also advance in all that most truly widens the breach 
between him and the brutes, and raises him towards the great 
Source and Centre of good. Inspired writers have taught us to 
look for the establishment of the kingdom of heaven, and in this 
teaching at least there is no divergence between Science and 
Scripture. 
