. Behold the woman . sed are the purein heart, for they shall see God. S.—Are the figures of beasts found in the Revelationsof St. John then to be taken as the beasts in which yousee the God—Man imprisoned here? W.—As much as the lines of geometry of the bodiesand objects they represent. They are no more photographsof our future animal world, than the stuffed monstrositiesof the museum. The lake of fire is the sea of passion,the undying worm the inevitable consequence of wrongdoing. Will our friend Science tell us what would be theconsequence in his domain, of a pupil mistaking the linesor fig
. Behold the woman . sed are the purein heart, for they shall see God. S.—Are the figures of beasts found in the Revelationsof St. John then to be taken as the beasts in which yousee the God—Man imprisoned here? W.—As much as the lines of geometry of the bodiesand objects they represent. They are no more photographsof our future animal world, than the stuffed monstrositiesof the museum. The lake of fire is the sea of passion,the undying worm the inevitable consequence of wrongdoing. Will our friend Science tell us what would be theconsequence in his domain, of a pupil mistaking the linesor figures of things for the living realities they represent—the dotted marks of the map for a real rail road or realriver, the little stars for the states capital, the dots Sis.—Well! I dont care one single thing about it. Thebeasts John seen are good enough for me. W.—Sis is hungry, and if we dont attend to the call ofnature we shall soon feel the teeth of a hungry beast inour own stomachs, I fear. Exit—All. CANTO VI. THE FIVE FRIENDS CONTINUED. Enter—Poetry, Science, Wisdom, Sis and others. Now did I, the poet, see the friends coming togetherlooking refreshed and happy. Sis was like a baby after abath. Science had grown to a fine looking youth, and waseven ready for a little joke at the expense of Wisdom. S.—Well, my friends; say what you will of modernprogress, we have certainly found a pleasanter way to getan appetite than the wise Greeks and Romans used. Sis—I should say as much. Why, Id sooner hear thewhole kit of ye talk an hour apiece, than to puke myselfhalf to death, as the great Ceasar had to fore he could eatCiceros dinners. W.—Since we find the creative power of the suns raysare sufficient to account for the varied phenomena of nature,the sun continually becoming incarnate in the life of thebody; does it not, Science? S.—That is the physical fact. Men are but living they die, or rather, as they die by the moment, theygo back to original
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