...which the most violent exception has been taken is this : ' Abandoning all disguise, the confession I feel bound to make before you is, that I prolong the vision ToL. II. P backward across the boundary of the experimental evidence, and discern in that Matter which...

...matter, form, and force, which led Tyndall* to say : " Abandon* In<iujural Address, Au£. 19, 1874. ing all disguise, the confession that I feel bound to...prolong the vision backward across the boundary of experimental evidence, and discern in that matter which we in our ignorance, and notwithstanding our...

...cannot stop abruptly where our microscopes cease to be of use. By an intellectual necessity I cross the boundary of the experimental evidence, and discern in that matter which we, in our ignorance of its latent powers, and notwithstanding our professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered...

...from anything but life. " But," he adds, " by a necessity engendered and justified by science, I cross the boundary of the experimental evidence, and discern in that matter which we, in our ignorance of its latent powers, and notwithstanding our professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered...

...memorable statement where he says: — Abandoning all disguise, the confession that I feel bound to make is that I prolong the vision backward across the boundary...which we, in our ignorance and notwithstanding our protested reverence for the Creator, have hitherto covered with opprobrium, the promise and potency...

...with reverence or irreverence." Then follows the climax : " Abandoning all disguise, the confession I feel bound to make before you is, that I prolong the vision backAvard across the boundary of the experimental evidence, and discern in matter * * * the promise...

...developed "save from demonstrable antecedent life," he yet can say: "By an intellectual necessity I cross the boundary of the experimental evidence, and discern in that matter which we, in our ignorance of its latent powers, and notwithstanding our professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered...

...Fragments of Science," voL ii. p. 356. WHAT IS MATTER? 63 and justified by science, I cross the boundary of experimental evidence and discern in that matter which we, in our ignorance of its latent powers, and notwithstanding our professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered...

...speed, and it is not a matter of indifference whether they are introduced with reverence or irreverence. Abandoning all disguise, the confession that I feel...professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered ivith opprobrium, the promise and potency of every form and quality of life." In his Address, as revised...

...whether they are introduced with reverence or irreverence. Abandoning all disguise, the confession iliat I feel bound to make before you is, that I prolong...professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered ivith opprobrium, the promise and potency of every form and quality of life." In his Address, as revised...