ciently developed, discussion of one very important—even fundamental-point. We endeavour to show, in fact, that immortality is strictly in accordance with the principle of Continuity (rightly viewed); that principle which has been the guide of all modern scientific advance. As one result of this inquiry we are led, by strict reasoning on purely scientific grounds, to the probable conclusion that "a life for the unseen, through the unseen, is to be regarded as the only perfect life." (See Chap. VII.) We need not point out here the bearing of this on religion. Incidentally, the reader will find many remarks and trains of reasoning which (by the alteration of a word or two) can be made to apply to other points of almost equal importance. We may state that the ideas here developed-very imperfectly, of course, as must always be the case in matters of the kind-are not the result of hasty guessing, but have been pressed on us by the reflections and discussions of several years. We have to thank many of our friends, theological as well as scientific, for ready and valuable assistance. The matter of our work has certainly gained by this, though it is likely that the manner may have suffered by the introduction, here and there, of peculiarities of style which could not easily be removed without damage to the sense. Unjustifiable assumptions of materialists, Intimacy of connection between mind and matter, Essential requisites for continued existence— 54 47 55 48 55 48 Application of this principle to Christian miracles- Such opposed to the genius of Christianity, . New method of explanation, Application of this principle to the doctrines of the extreme scientific school The visible universe must come to an end in trans- formable energy, 83-84 63 It must have been developed out of the invisible, It contains something else besides matter or stuff,. 92 69 93 70 94 71 These in accordance with our definition of the laws of Newton's second interpretation of his Third Law, Friction changes work into heat, Historical sketch of the theory of energy, Transformability of energy constitutes its use, Inquiry regarding structure and material of the universe, 117 Various hypotheses regarding matter- (1.) Greek notion of the Atom, Speculations of Lucretius, (2.) Theory of Boscovitch (centres of force), . (3.) Theory of infinite divisibility, (4.) Vortex-atom theory, Remarks on these theories, . Relative quantity of matter associated with energy, Universal gravitation- Is a weak force, Two ways of accounting for it, Le Sage's hypothesis, 94 |