Without making any pretension to profound scientific accuracy, we offer the following tentative classification of the facts of the universe, material and mental, which may be regarded as hints and adumbrations of the ultimate ground, and reason, and cause, of the universe. We shall venture to classify these facts as indicative of some fundamental relation; (i.) to Permanent Being or Reality; (ii.) to Reason and Thought; (iii.) to Moral Ideas and Ends. (i.) _Facts of the universe which indicate some fundamental relation to Permanent Being or Reality_. 1. _Qualitative_ Phenomena (properties, attributes, qualities)--the predicates of a _subject_; which phenomena, being characterized by likeness and unlikeness, are capable of comparison and classification, and thus of revealing something as to the nature of the _subject_. 2. _Dynamical_ Phenomena (protension, movement, succession)--events transpiring in _time_, having beginning, succession, and end, which present themselves to us as the expression of _power_, and throw back their distinctive characteristics on their _dynamic_ source. 3. _Quantitative_ Phenomena (totality, multiplicity, relative unity)--a multiplicity of objects having relative and composite unity, which suggests some relation to an absolute and indivisible _unity_. 4. _Statical_ Phenomena (extension, magnitude, divisibility)--bodies co-existing in _space_ which are limited, conditioned, relative, dependent, and indicate some relation to that which is self-existent, unconditioned, and absolute. (ii.) _Facts of the universe which indicate some fundamental relation to Reason or Thought_. 1. _Numerical and Geometrical Proportion_.--Definite proportion of elements (Chemistry), symmetrical arrangement of parts (Crystallography), numerical and geometrical relation of the forms and movements of the heavenly bodies (Spherical Astronomy), all of which are capable of exact mathematical expression. 2. _Archetypal Forms_.--The uniform succession of new existences, and the progressive evolution of new orders and species, conformable to fixed and definite ideal archetypes, the indication of a comprehensive _plan_(Morphological Botany, Comparative Anatomy). 3. _Teleology of Organs_.--The adaptation of organs to the fulfillment of special functions, indicating _design_(Comparative Physiology). 4. _Combination of Homotypes and Analogues_.--Diversified homologous forms made to fulfill analogous functions, or special purposes fulfilled whilst maintaining a general plan, indicating _choice_ and _alternativity_. (iii.) _Facts of the universe which indicate some fundamental relation to Moral Ideas and Ends_. 1. _Ethical Distinctions_.--The universal tendency to discriminate between voluntary acts as right or wrong, indicating some relation to an _immutable moral standard of right_. 2. _Sense of Obligation_.--The universal consciousness of dependence and obligation, indicating some relation to Supreme _Power_, an Absolute _Authority_.