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The Interbond of the 
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from Motion and Life, with the addition of Sensation the 
Animal Kingdom arose ; from Motion, Life, and Sensation, 
whh the addition of Intelligence, the Human Famdy whence 
follows the Soul or spirituality of man. 1 » ^ to 
Hass the views of the lecturer: at one time they are Mate 
rialism pure and absolute ; at another time they appear to 
be wholly Spiritual. The eventual solution is the e duca 
of the soul in this world and in that to come, t ... 
mation being Wisdom, Purity and Tru ^’ , a ” d t\he”oul of 
with the Divine mind, which is described to , 
the Great Positive mind, out of which all things flowed and 
in riHtdogtl n Se a commented on, and none are accepted 
the only realities of the soul being Love, Wisdom, and 
T Th h e'*whole system is an undoubted philosophy, and one 
of a hirfr order. There are of course many errors and 
crudities and assumptive conceits; despite all the pec 
Parities even when dissent is excited, the feeling is, to say 
he kast one of utter astonishment that such utterances 
can have proceeded from, in a worldly point of view, an 
ignorant and uninformed man ; for it would ‘thought 
ledge of many well-read men in various branches of Thought 
and § Philosophy, even if the knowledge was combined, t 
nroduce the system in comment. . c 
p It is my purpose, without the expression of my own 
opinion To give not a digest, -that the limits of the Journal 
Jould render impossible,— but to notice the general aspects 
tfthe work, and if possible to render^ true but running 
account of the first two books viz The P ^ incl P^. 
Nature ” and “ Nature’s Divine Revelations. 1 he Voi 
to Mankind ” is out of my province : those who delight l 
the most utter Socialism may probably find matter congema 
to their minds. 
The Key or “ Principles of Nature .” 
“ Reason is the principle belonging to man alone ; the 
office of the mind is to investigate, search, and explore the 
principles of Nature, and trace physical manifestations in 
thek many and varied ramifications. Thought in its proper 
nature 1 is ^uncontrolled — unlimited.” “ Ignorance Super- 
stition, and Bigotry have wielded a tyrannical sceptie, and 
* .. AIM ! when will men perceive the difference between religion and priest- 
craft ? When wUHhey perceive that reason, so far from extinguishing religion 
by its ? more gaudy light, 'sheds on it all its lustre ? ’’-Bvlwer. 
