My object has not been to prove the purely spiritual theory of a future life, but to show that it is a theory that intelligent people can entertain as a foundation for their belief "in the hope of immortality." But that the spiritual life instead of the material life is the state in which we can hope for immortality, I think there can be no question; and such was the opinion of Paul[89] when he wrote: "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.... So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" Footnotes: [1] The Law of Disease, in College Courant, Vol. XIV. [2] Winchell. Evolution, p. 113. [3] Comparative Zoology, p. 43. 1876. [4] Huxley. Physical Basis of Life. [5] Johnson, Ency. [6] Comparative Anatomy--Orton, p. 32. [7] Analytical Anatomy and Phys.--Cutter, p. 16. [8] Biography of a Plant. [9] See Huxley--Invertebrate Animals, Anatomy of. [10] Phys. Basis of Life. [11] Beginnings of Life, p. 104, Vol. I. [12] Monthly Micros. Jour., May 1, '69, p. 294. [13] Chem. and Phys. Balance of Organic Nature, 1848, p. 48 (trans.). [14] Inaugural Address, Aug. 19, 1874. [15] Haeckel--Hist. of Creation. [16] See Haeckel--Evol. of Man. [17] Evolution of Man, Vol. II, p. 445. [18] Johnson's Cyclopedia, Article "Evolution." [19] Sumner, in Johnson's Cyc. [20] Christian Union, Vol. XIII, No. 17, p. 322. [21] Gen. i. 1. [22] St. John i. 1. [23] St. John i. 3. [24] Hist. of Creation, p. 8. [25] _Ibid._, p. 324. [26] Heb. xi. 3. Revised English Ed. [27] _Loc. cit._, Vol. I, p. 323. [28] _Loc. cit._, Vol. I, p. 324. [29] Indications of the Creator. [30] Evolution and Progress, p. 26, Rev. Wm. I. Gill. [31] Natürl. Schöpfungsgesch., pp. 643-5. [32] Paget, Lectures on Surgical Pathology, 1853, Vol. I, p. 71. [33] Ueber die Richtung der Haare am menschlichen Körper. [34] Pop. Sci. Monthly, June, 1879, p. 250. [35] See Sci. Am., May 18, 1878. [36] Source of Muscular Power, Proc. Roy. Inst., June 8, 1866. Am. I. Sci., II, xlii, 393, Nov. 1866. [37] Comparative Zoology, p. 45. [38] Correlation of the Vital and Physical Forces, p. 54. [39] On the time required for the transmission of volition and sensation through the nerves, Proc. Roy. Inst. [40] Comparative Zoology, p. 165. [41] Sci. Amer., Nov. 13, 1876, p. 328. [42] Marshall, Outline of Physiology. Amer. Ed., 1868, p. 227. [43] Macmillon's Magazine, Pop. Sci. Monthly, April, 1876. [44] "Principles of Psychology," 1869, No. 20, p. 24. [45] J. S. Lombard, N. Y. Med. Jour., Vol. V, 198, June, 1867. [46] _Loc. cit._, p. 23.