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before which other theories go down.
It accounts for the origin of things
and the appearance of phenomena
more intelligibly and satisfactorily
than any other theory can; and es-
-pecially for the human phenomenon,
the existence of man, made in the
divine image, the paragon of earthly
being – over whose origin and story every
other theory stumbles, & mumbles,
and falls flat.

This theory holds, of course,
that all things that begin to
be, all phenomena, have a
supernatural origin, and are o-
-pen to supernatural visita-