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 his life according to any order, while the animal, has an instinct that keeps it in its ordained plane and purpose.

Not only can we know God, but so fundamental is that knowledge that only so far as we know Him can any true philosophy be known. True knowledge starts with a knowledge of God, and only so far as He is known have we any definite understanding of anything.

A knowledge of God reveals His relation to His creation and the relation of one thing to another. Without a knowledge of God one would not know whether he were a man or a thought of a man. He would not know whether the earth were actually external to himself or merely projected from his imagination. He would not know whether disease were disease or a thought of disease. He could not tell appearances from facts or facts from appearances. All healthy knowledge