Is it possible to know why we are put into this condition [25]
of mortality?
It is quite as possible to know wherefore man is thus
conditioned, as to be certain that he is in a state of
mortality. The only evidence of the existence of a mor-
tal man, or of a material state and universe, is gathered [30]
from the five personal senses. This delusive evidence, [1]
Science has dethroned by repeated proofs of its falsity.
We have no more proof of human discord,—sin,
sickness, disease, or death,—than we have that the