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Chapter 38

           Youwouldatoncebegintoreverttothepuny,used-upoldargumentsofVoltaire,SchopenhauerandHuxley—littleatomictheorieslikegrainsofdustinthewhirlwindofMyknowledge!IcantellyouIbelieveinGodasaveryActualandPositiveBeing—andthatispresumablythefirstoftheChurcharticles."

           "YoubelieveinGod!"Iechoedhiswords,staringathimstupidly.Heseemedinearnest.InfacthehadalwaysseemedinearnestonthesubjectofDeity.VaguelyIthoughtofawomaninsocietywhomIslightlyknew—anuglywoman,unattractiveandmean-minded,whopassedhertimeinentertainingsemi-Royaltiesandpushingherselfamongstthem—shehadsaidtomeoneday—4"IhatepeoplewhobelieveinGod,don’tyou?TheideaofaGodmakesmesick!"

           "YoubelieveinGod!"Irepeatedagaindubiously.

           "Look!"hesaid,raisinghishandtowardsthesky—"Thereafewdriftingcloudscovermillionsofworlds,impenetrable,mysterious,yetactual;—downthere—"andhepointedtothesea,"lurkathousandthingsofwhich,thoughtheoceanisapartofearth,humanbeingshavenotyetlearnedthenature.

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