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Chapter 16
Doyouthinkitwas?’
’Well,hearhowhegoeson:"Itisthusslowlypassing,withaslownessinconceivableinourmeasuresoftime,tonewcreativeconditions,amidwhichthephysicalworld,asweatpresentknowit,willberepresentedbyaripplebarelytobedistinguishedfromnonentity."’
Shelistenedwithaglistenofamusement.Allsortsofimproperthingssuggestedthemselves.Butsheonlysaid:
’Whatsillyhocus-pocus!Asifhislittleconceitedconsciousnesscouldknowwhatwashappeningasslowlyasallthat!Itonlymeanshe’saphysicalfailureontheearth,sohewantstomakethewholeuniverseaphysicalfailure.Priggishlittleimpertinence!’
’Oh,butlisten!Don’tinterruptthegreatman’ssolemnwords!--"Thepresenttypeoforderintheworldhasrisenfromanunimaginablepart,andwillfinditsgraveinanunimaginablefuture.Thereremainstheinexhaustiverealmofabstractforms,andcreativitywithitsshiftingcharactereverdeterminedafreshbyitsowncreatures,andGod,uponwhosewisdomallformsoforderdepend."--There,that’showhewindsup!’
Conniesatlisteningcontemptuously.
’He’sspirituallyblownout,’shesaid.’Whatalotofstuff!Unimaginables,andtypesoforderingraves,andrealmsofabstractforms,andcreativitywithashiftycharacter,andGodmixedupwithformsoforder!Why,it’sidiotic!’
’Imustsay,itisalittlevaguelyconglomerate,amixtureofgases,sotospeak,’saidClifford.’Still,Ithinkthereissomethingintheideathattheuniverseisphysicallywastingandspirituallyascending.
