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8 [centered]

or a being embodying the super-
-natural, may ply his forces, starting,
stopping, backing, speeding, & regulating
his machine (to borrow a phrase) say
the church, by suspending, counter-
-acting, and resisting this or that force
or law of nature; whether psychic-
-al or physical. The conception
of the one process helps the
conception of the other process, if it
does not in fact compel it. Cer-
-tainly the idea of the supernatural
is not more difficult than the idea of
the immortal, or the infinite, or the
unconditioned. Nor is the idea of a
supernatural being any more dif-

[Emblem printed, upside-down, in center of page]
San Francisco
Excelsior Press
Bacon & Company

8 [centered]

or a being embodying the super-
-natural, may ply his forces, starting,
stopping, backing, speeding, & regulating
his machine (to borrow a phrase) say
the church, by suspending, counter-
-acting, and resisting this or that force
or law of nature; whether psychic-
-al or physical. The conception
of the one process helps the
conception of the other process, if it
does not in fact compel it. Cer-
-tainly the idea of the supernatural
is not more difficult than the idea of
the immortal, or the infinite, or the
unconditioned. Nor is the idea of a
supernatural being any more dif-

[Emblem printed, upside-down, in center of page]
San Francisco
Excelsior Press
Bacon & Company