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 a dislike for strain; they strive after one and struggle against the other." It would have been better if Professor Haeckel had said will and understanding instead of will and sensation, for in the descent of influx from the Divine Will and Understanding that endeavor in matter, which the Materialists call inherent, is the appearance of the Divine Will in ultimate matter, and the law according to which that endeavor acts is the appearance of the Divine Understanding in ultimate matter. This again beautifully illustrates Correspondence, for the endeavor in matter and its law of action are in correspondence with the Divine Will and Understanding, and they are their representation in the plane of passive matter.

Having the subject matter now so fully presented, the way is better prepared for a statement of the law of Correspondence in its most general application, from which, when understood, particulars are easily and clearly seen.

It has been shown that the Creator is a Divine Human Person of will and understanding, and that from His Human, by influx, creation is sustained.