God is Existence, and as parts of God
Men ebb and flow, for evermore divine.
‘If you abolish supernaturalism,’ asked the clergyman impatiently, ‘what do you mean by manifestations?’
‘Just this,’ returned the little man glibly, ‘the interchange of communications between beings of this sphere and beings otherwise conditioned. This world is one of many, all of which have a two-fold existence—in the sphere of matter, and in the sphere of ideas. Death, which vulgar materialists consider the end of consciousness, is merely one of the many phenomena of change; and spiritualistic realities being indestructible——’
Bradley rose impatiently.
‘I am afraid,’ he exclaimed, ‘that I cannot discuss the matter any longer. Our opinions on the subject are hopelessly antagonistic, and to speak frankly, I have an invincible repugnance to the subject itself.’
‘Shared, I am sorry to say, by many of your English men of science.’
‘Shared, I am glad to say, by most thinking men.’
‘Well, well, sir, I won’t detain you at present,’ returned the Professor, not in the least ruffled. ‘Perhaps you will permit me to call upon you at a more suitable time, and to introduce my sister?’
‘Really, I——’ began Bradley with some embarrassment.