^B  Unlew  wo  sneccod  in  finding  n  ratlonalo  of  this  universal
^^gbebomorphosis,  wo  obviously  fait  short  of  that  completely
unified  knowledge  consUtatiiig  Philosophy.  Aa  they  at
present  stand,  tho  sereml  oonelu'^ions  wc  have  lately  reached
appear  to  bo  independent — there  is  no  demonstrated  con-


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noxion  between  incmting  dcfinttcncus  and  Inorpasing  bote*
rogi^ncit;^,  or  bclwcca  botb  anil  iucroosio^  intcgrntioii.  StiQ
lt33  c\-ideneo  U  tlicni  (lutt  tboso  laws  of  Uio  ro-distribntioa
of  matter  nntl  motion,  aro  necessarily  CDrrclatod  with  tlicw
I:iw8  of  iho  tlirection  of  motioa  and  the  rhjtbm  of  motion,
previously  set  forth.  But  until  wo  svo  tlicso  now  scpotnle
tratlis  to  bo  impliaitionx  of  quo  truth,  our  kQOTrloJgo  ra-
tuoiiis  iiiipcrfoctly  colicrcat.
§  147.  Tlio  task  bcforo  lu,  lliou,  13  tlint  of  cxltibiting  tint
phenomena  of  Evolution  in  synllictic  order.  Sotting  OBt
from  an  ostablishcd  ullitnnto  principle,  it  has  to  bo  sbovn
that  tho  courtto  of  transformation  nmoug  all  kinds  of
existence),  cannot  bat  bo  that  which  n-o  liavo  scon  it  to  be
It  has  to  ho  ehovrn  that  tho  rc-distrihntion  of  matter  and
motion,  must  orcrywlioro  tako  ploco  in  Lhoso  waya,  and  pm-
dtico  tho.ic  traits,  which  celestial  bodioa,  organisms,  societies,
alike  di.spby.  And  it  lias  to  bo  shown  tliat  this  universalis
of  procesa,  results  from  tho  snmo  necessity  which  doterminM
each  simplest  moveiiieut  around  un,  down  to  tho  ococJeratod
full  of  a  stone  or  the  recurrent  beat  of  a  harp-string.
In  other  words,  tho  pheuomcnn.  of  Evolution  haro  to  bo
deduced  from  tho  Persistence  of  Poroo.  As  before  said —
"  to  this  an  nltimato  analysis  brings  us  down  -,  and  on  tltis
a  rntioiial  synthesis  most  build  up."  This  being  Uia
ullimato  truth  which  transcends  experience  by  underlying
it,  so  furnishing  a  common  basis  on  which  tho  widest  geoo.
