heart as well, a union necessary for that positive knowledge which transcends mere reason.

As Seraphitus she wields the "axe of doubt" with far more accuracy of aim and certainty of result than Monsieur Becker himself. Her penetration, her merciless logic, strip even more naked for him the agnosticism he has sought to cover with the life-work of his world's geniuses, with the reflections of his own trained mind that has been constantly stimulated -- pastor though he is -- by the poverty of his soul.

But, as Seraphita, she sees and supplies what they have never been able to find and apply; what all his reflections have never brought within his reach. As the man she is the reasoner; as the woman she is the diviner. As the union of the two, she is complete in knowledge, the possessor of Wisdom, that pearl of great price for which is given all that man hath, even himself.

She is the highest visible species in the genus, Man, the regenerated Adam and Eve no longer separated, but one, forseen by David, foreknown by Solomon, felt and manifested by Jesus. She is the incarnated truth; the living Word; the sword of destruction for intellectual error and inefficiency, that slays King Saul; the redeeming and saving spirit for the "offspring of the house of David."

To Monsieur Becker she says: "The species which are beneath you have no conception of the universe, and you have; why should there not be other species