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human mind is such a form that it can, by the use of its higher faculties, ascend above the plane of seeing effects to that of the perception of causes.

Without the knowledge of causes there can be no philosophy. Philosophy is not the facts of science coördinated. Extend science however much, it will not produce philosophy. Philosophy is superior to science as reason is superior to the facts of which it is the interpreter. The extension of one step will not make a flight of stairs. Something more must be added. So to science, which treats of effects, the perception of causes must be added to obtain philosophy. The philosophy of a thing comprehends the relation of its cause and its effect. The facts of philosophy constitute science. It is a scientific truth that the ocean currents move westward at the tropics. A knowledge of the mobility of the