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True Philosophy. 
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, 
Than are dreamt of in your Philosophy.” 
— Shakespeare. 
B ACON expressed a profound truth when he said that a little philosophy 
carried its possessor from Religion, and a great deal of true Philos¬ 
ophy leads him to it. “A careful study of the objections brought against 
Christianity / 7 says Balmes, Hays hare a truth confirmed by the history of 
almost- nineteen centuries; the most weighty objections against our Holy 
Religion, instead of proving anything against it, involve a proof which con¬ 
firms it. The secret for discovering this proof , is to go to the bottom of 
the objection, and examine it under all its aspects. Original sin is a mys¬ 
tery, but it explains the whole world; the Incarnation is a mystery, but it 
'explains the traditions of the human race; faith is full of mysteries, but 
it satisfies one of the greatest necessities of reason; the history of the crea¬ 
tion is a mystery, but this mystery clears up chaos, throws light on the 
world, and is the key to the history of mankind; all Christianity is a col¬ 
lection of mysteries, but these mysteries are connected by a secret union 
with all that is profound, grand, sublime, or beautiful in heaven or earth; 
they are connected with the individual, with the family, with society, with 
God, with the understanding, with the heart, with languages, sciences and 
.art. The investigator who rejects religion and even seeks means to oppose 
it, finds it (religion) at the entrance as at the outlet of the mysterious ways 
of life; at the cradle of the infant as in the shadow of the tomb; in time as 
in eternity; explaining everything by a ivord; listening unmoved to the 
