| Description | He hopes that his correspondent has not forgotten their brief talk on 'the great physical mystery of Force'. Extreme views are held about it in natural philosophy but William lays great store in his father's notions, which are second to none, not even to Humblodt's; no living man would 'contest the palm' with him. He is at the time of his life when reason confesses itself sated, William believes. He discusses his father's views on 'the power of matter over matter...connected with intellect' and the relationship between man and God. He describes his father's ideas of the will of God moving matter, instantaneously. William likes to think 'that in every experiment we are asking what is God's will now - not what it was when time began...'. He asks his correspondent to return his father's pamphlet with care. |