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Rh instances in which everything seems so clear and intelligible, and we are mere dupes of outward appearance. The “simplest" things are extremely complex, -- a fact which will never cease to be a subject of wonder to us.

A new conception of space.—Is it the things real or the things imaginary which have more highly contributed to human happiness? One thing is certain, namely, that the gulf between the highest pitch of happiness and the lowest depth of misery has been created only by menus of the things imaginary. Consequently this conception of space is being reduced further and further before the influence of science: just as through science we have been and are still being taught to look upon the earth as small, nay, upon the solar system as a mere point.

Transfiguration.—Helpless sufferers, confused dreamers, supernaturally entranced-these are the three divisions in Raphael's classification of mankind. We take a different view of the world--and even Raphael would now have to abandon his former opinion: he would behold a new transfiguration.

Conception of a morality of custom.—Compared with the mode of life which prevailed among man-