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of science. He, at least, has the feeling that here is profound 
mystery, while to the average civilized person it does not even 
occur to marvel, much less to try to understand the significance 
of the phenomena of the Universe in which he lives. He has 
ears to hear, and yet hears not. He has eyes to see, and yet is 
as if born blind. He has a reason to understand, but yet is as 
the ox that lies in the field and chews his cud in contentment. 
A being that lives in this world without a desire to know the 
meaning of the phenomena of the Universe cannot lay just claim 
to the name of man. He who has a desire to know, and ceases 
to strive until he has attained as much of an understanding of 
the Universe as his mind is capable of, is a sloth. But, how¬ 
ever the mightiest intellect may labor, it may never hope to have 
more than an incomplete understanding of the simplest thing. 
Complete knowledge of the constitution of, and forces at work 
within, even a grain of sand can be obtained only through infi¬ 
nite capacity. 
