subjects sensuous impulses to control of spirit, 523, 524
gives dominion over lower creation, 524
secures communion with God, 524, 525
had suitable surroundings and society, 525
furnished with tests of virtue, 526
had associated with it, an opportunity of securing physical immortality, 527
combated by those who hold that civilization has proceeded from primitive savagery, 527-531
combated by those who hold that religion begins in fetichism, 531, 532
Immortality, metaphysical argument for, 984, 985