tion, you call the result "two." It will be seen that the placing of an additional unit in a certain position doubles the power of the original unit, while in another it multiplies it by ten plus its original self. In this way we see that the original unit holds its identity, while the addition of each unit not only multiplies the original one, but changes its appearance, power and name. We add another unit and it becomes "one hundred and eleven." We add one beneath the other two and it becomes "three," each obeying the law of the ratio of increase. Add another unit still and it becomes "one thousand one hundred and eleven," more complex, more ponderous. Of course how much complexity or ponderosity an atom obtained but four removes from a point where it became Negative Life, what has been called an apparent atom, i. e., taken on the capacity of becoming a distinguishable atom, does not greatly concern us. It may have taken a million moves before it became large enough to be examined by a microscope, had one existed at that time. What we most desire to know is something of the plan, and it brings almost a sense of relief to find our simple mathematics so representative of the progress conceivable. Indeed, mathematics, being an exact science, must necessarily be found to express everything with regard to dimensions and construction. In the same manner music is

the science of harmony. The size of the notes, their place in relation to the staff, the number of sharps and flats-all these things express the arrangement and power of sounds. In our use of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet what wonders can be accomplished! By their means everything known to any human consciousness can be expressed. By means of the atom Infinity has expressed Life as we see it expressed. To the student of Nature everything is wondrously beautiful, but he regards nothing as a miracle; he has watched the progress of things until he has come to an understanding that everything is governed by Law, and what has been will be again. under similar circumstances, and that with improved environment what has been will be still more beautiful.

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A discussion of how many removes the tadpole may have been from the protoplasm may interest the scientific specialist, but it has no place here. Nor does it greatly matter how long it took the tadpole to acquire a subconsciousness of sufficient cells to appear as a frog, a fish, a bird, a horse, or a man. average person is mostly concerned about himself, as he is or as he may become. Before passing to this, however, it is necessary to reiterate that the original atoms of the Universe being the fiat of Infinite Mind, as such became eternal. How many varieties of these

there are does not affect the principle being demonstrated. The researchers in the laboratories may reduce the number now known by half, or to a very few or may increase the number-the principle of the atom being the unit of the so-called material universe remains the same. Combinations of them, however, became Subconsciousnesses, and as such can be disintegrated, and are continually in a state of disintegration, and are being re-assembled in different forms. Just as "one thousand one hundred and eleven" is a Subconsciousness of the unit "one" and can be wiped from the slate without any damage to the unit expressed by "one," so all Subconsciousnesses can appear and disappear according to the law of the Infinite Urge which uses them for expression. A Consciousness is a purely selfish thing, and a Subconsciousness is the same. A Consciousness may be defined as something which knows what it is and is to itself the center of Life. It exists for itself alone. It combines with that for which it has an affinity, and repels that which it dislikes. In each Consciousness or Subconsciousness there is a Supraconsciousness. This consists of the Infinite Life, which, being Omnipresent, fills to its fulness each atom or combination of atoms. While it fills everything it displaces nothing, and is within that atom or combination of atoms a continuous Urge to Rightness, and the response of

each atom or combination of atoms to this Urge is their obedience to what we know as Physical Laws. By their obedience to these Physical Laws combinations of atoms-Subconsciousnesses-have reached their present high development. As an illustration let us picture the primitive hen developing her legs as a means of locomotion in search of insect and vegetable life on the surface of the ground. As worms escaped her by going into the loose soil, she tried to stop their progress by the use of her rudimentary feet, then began to try to remove the earth covering the worms so as to reach them. In this way she developed her claws, and in boring for the worms, her beak. In struggling to a place of safety from destructive animals on the surface she developed her wings, and as protection against the weather evolved her feathers. Necessity in every case was the origin of her efforts, and the Infinite Urge caused her to make the efforts and in the right direction.

The wisdom and diligence of those who formulated the doctrine of Evolution are being every day more highly prized. In showing Man the wondrous progress he has made during the many centuries since the period the fossils of which prove his prehistoric ancestors to have been cave-dwellers, a strong light has been thrown upon the possibilities of his still further advancement. His physical progress has been

that of the highest-grade animal. His intellectual development made it manifest to himself that he had something within him superior to the qualities of other animals. This quality he appreciated to be a capacity to judge for himself—that he was capable of Reasoning. When or how he made this discovery is not nearly so important as a full appreciation of the faculty itself. According to the Biblical account, Adam and Eve obtained their knowledge of the difference between Good and Evil by eating of a fruit in the Garden of Eden, having been tempted to do so by a serpent. There are many things about this story which discredit it. Apparently Adam and Eve had been newly "created," and were without experience of any kind except such as they had acquired in their nude wanderings through the Garden of Eden. That such full-grown beings, so badly equipped for life's conflicts, were ever launched into a contest so unequal, is incredible. Their arrival on the scene as adults is opposed to every known law of progress and development. That the Evil One, disguised as a serpent, tempted them, is preposterous. A snake was never known to talk, before nor since. Satan's presence there must have been known to the Infinite and the result of his argument anticipated. If so, the Infinite participated in the burlesque of tempting creatures that did not know the difference between Right and