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fi3, IJ ° ints are ma de by Professor Clifford. But important work has been 
done by the writers of The Unseen Universe. 
64. But the Law of Continuity is imperfectly stated by the authors. 
63. And the scientific theories are at least incomplete : and inadequate for 
the conclusion. 
66. Theory of Miracles. 
67. Dr. Mozley and Dr. Mansell, unsatisfactory. 
68. “ Metaphysics.” 
69. Conclusion : (as to causation and power). 
1. The Book recently published, entitled “The Unseen Uni- 
verse,” is a defence, on the ground of the “ Principle of Conti- 
nuity,” (p. 209) of the possibility of a Physical Im- 
mortality for man. It has been received, as Professor * e £"^' june 
Clifford observes, with strange eagerness bv some ’’see 5 also 
religious persons, who evidently betray their need of “ Appendix ” 
scientific assurance that faith in a future life is not *° thls paper ' 
quite impossible. But we may notice, on the other hand, that 
there are men ol science who on this occasion have shown an 
unbalanced temper, and who regard the eminent authors of 
this religious and scientific volume with feelings of 
scarcely-veiled resentment, or even with the animus JnVThis 
betrayed at times by conspirators in assailing those book hy the 
who turn “ king’s evidence.” Such excitement on P " bhC ‘ 
either side is scarcely creditable, if indeed it be not childish, 
lliat must be a feeble faith in a future which is suspended, as 
supposed, on verdicts of physical science ; and that a very 
faint love of truth which is angry at an honest statement of 
facts. 
2. But this either “ religious ” or “ scientific ” flutter which 
has been stirred by “ The Unseen Universe,” is bv no means the 
only phenomenon to be observed in connection with its appear- 
ance. Some of the readers of the book assume a mental atti- 
tude, even less to be admired than Professor Clifford’s, or his 
theological friends’, and, as if they were yet more forgetful of 
what is due both to truth and faith, declare themselves pro- 
foundly “ grateful ” to the distinguished authors for openly 
saying what (it must be presumed) those writers know or believe 
to be scientifically true. The Senior Wrangler, and other’s of 
perhaps equal fame, to whom the work has been popularly 
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