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kingdom is the vegetable kingdom, the outcome
of the vegetable kingdom is the animal kingdom
and the outcome of the animal kingdom the world
of man. The consummation of this limitless universe
with all its grandeur and glory hath been man
himself, who in this world of being toileth and suffereth
for a time, with divers ills and pains, and ultimately
disintegrates, leaving no trace and no fruit
after him. Were it so, there is no doubt that this
infinite universe with all its perfections has ended
in sham and delusion with no result, no fruit, no
permanence and no effect. It would be utterly without
meaning. They were thus convinced that such
is not the case, that this Great Workshop with all its
power, its bewildering magnificence and endless perfections,
cannot eventually come to naught. That
still another life should exist is thus certain, and, just
as the vegetable kingdom is unaware of the world
of man, so we, too, know not of the Great Life
hereafter that followeth the life of man here below.
Our non-comprehension of that life, however, is
no proof of its non-existence. The mineral world,
for instance, is utterly unaware of the world of
man and cannot comprehend it, but the ignorance
of a thing is no proof of its non-existence. Numerous
and conclusive proofs exist that go to show that
this infinite world cannot end with this human life.