tant　by　centuries　or　only　by　days）；　does　he　sit；and　live；　you　would　say；　rather　in　any　other　age　than　in　his　own！　　It　is　our　painful　duty　to　announce；　or　repeat；　that；　looking　into　this　man；　we　discern　a　deep；　silent；　slow…burning；　inextinguishable　Radicalism；　such　as　fills　us　with　shuddering　admiration。
  Thus；　for　example；　he　appears　to　make　little　even　of　the　Elective　Franchise；　at　least　so　we　interpret　the　following：　　〃Satisfy　yourselves；〃　he　says；　〃by　universal；　indubitable　experiment；　even　as　ye　are　now　doing　or　will　do；　whether　FREEDOM；　heaven…born　and　leading　heavenward；　and　so　vitally　essential　for　us　all；　cannot　peradventure　be　mechanically　hatched　and　brought　to　light　in　that　same　Ballot…Box　of　yours；　or　at　worst；　in　some　other　discoverable　or　devisable　Box；　Edifice；　or　Steam…mechanism。　　It　were　a　mighty　convenience；　and　beyond　all　feats　of　manufacture　witnessed　hitherto。〃　　Is　Teufelsdrockh　acquainted　with　the　British　constitution；　even　slightly？He　says；　under　another　figure：　　〃But　after　all；　were　the　problem；　as　indeed　it　now　everywhere　is；　To　rebuild　your　old　House　from　the　top　downwards　（since　you　must　live　in　it　the　while）；　what　better；　what　other；　than　the　Representative　Machine　will　serve　your　turn？　　Meanwhile；　however；　mock　me　not　with　the　name　of　Free；　'when　you　have　but　knit　up　my　chains　into　ornamental　festoons。'〃Or　what　will　any　member　of　the　Peace　Society　make　of　such　an　assertion　as　this：　　〃The　lower　people　everywhere　desire　War。　　Not　so　unwisely；　there　is　then　a　demand　for　lower　peopleto　be　shot！〃
  Gladly；　therefore；　do　we　emerge　from　those　soul…confusing　labyrinths　of　speculative　Radicalism；　into　somewhat　clearer　regions。　　Here；　looking　round；　as　was　our　hest；　for　〃organic　filaments；〃　we　ask；　may　not　this；　touching　〃Hero…worship；〃　be　of　the　number？　　It　seems　of　a　cheerful　character；　yet　so　quaint；　so　mystical；　one　knows　not　what；　or　how　little；　may　lie　under　it。　　Our　readers　shall　look　with　their　own　eyes：
  〃True　is　it　that；　in　these　days；　man　can　do　almost　all　things；　only　not　obey。　　True　likewise　that　whoso　cannot　obey　cannot　be　free；　still　less　bear　rule；　he　that　is　the　inferior　of　nothing；　can　be　the　superior　of　nothing；　the　equal　of　nothing。　　Nevertheless；　believe　not　that　man　has　lost　his　faculty　of　Reverence；　that　if　it　slumber　in　him；　it　has　gone　dead。　　Painful　for　man　is　that　same　rebellious　Independence；　when　it　has　become　inevitable；　only　in　loving　companionship　with　his　fellows　does　he　feel　safe；　only　in　reverently　bowing　down　before　the　Higher　does　he　feel　himself　exalted。
  〃Or　what　if　the　character　of　our　so　troublous　Era　lay　even　in　this：　　that　man　had　forever　cast　away　Fear；　which　is　the　lower；　but　not　yet　risen　into　perennial　Reverence；　which　is　the　higher　and　highest？
  〃Meanwhile；　observe　with　joy；　so　cunningly　has　Nature　ordered　it；　that　whatsoever　man　ought　to　obey；　he　cannot　but　obey。　　Before　no　faintest　revelation　of　the　Godlike　did　he　ever　stand　irreverent；　least　of　all；　when　the　Godlike　showed　itself　revealed　in　his　fellow…man。　　Thus　is　there　a　true　religious　Loyalty　forever　rooted　in　his　heart；　nay　in　all　ages；　even　in　ours；　it　manifests　itself　as　a　more　or　less　orthodox　_Hero…worship_。　　In　which　fact；　that　Hero…worship　exists；　has　existed；　and　will　forever　exist；　universally　among　Mankind；　mayest　thou　discern　the　corner…stone　of　living　rock；　whereon　all　Polities　for　the　remotest　time　may　stand　secure。〃
  Do　our　readers　discern　any　such　corner…stone；　or　even　so　much　as　what　Teufelsdrockh；　is　looking　at？　　He　exclaims；　〃Or　hast　thou　forgotten　Paris　and　Voltaire？　　How　the　aged；　withered　man；　though　but　a　Sceptic；　Mocker；　and　millinery　Court…poet；　yet　because　even　he　seemed　the　Wisest；　Best；　could　drag　mankind　at　his　chariot…wheels；　so　that　princes　coveted　a　smile　from　him；　and　the　loveliest　of　France　would　have　laid　their　hair　beneath　his　feet！　　All　Paris　was　one　vast　Temple　of　Hero…worship；　though　their　Divinity；　moreover；　was　of　feature　too　apish。
  〃But　if　such　things；〃　continues　he；　〃were　done　in　the　dry　tree；　what　will　be　done　in　the　green？　　If；　in　the　most　parched　season　of　Man's　History；　in　the　most　parched　spot　of　Europe；　when　Parisian　life　was　at　best　but　a　scientific　_Hortus　Siccus_；　bedizened　with　some　Italian　Gumflowers；　such　virtue　could　come　out　of　it；　what　is　to　be　looked　for　when　Life　again　waves　leafy　and　bloomy；　and　your　Hero…Divinity　shall　have　nothing　apelike；　but　be　wholly　human？　　Know　that　there　is　in　man　a　quite　indestructible　Reverence　for　whatsoever　holds　of　Heaven；　or　even　plausibly　counterfeits　such　holding。　　Show　the　dullest　clodpoll；　show　the　haughtiest　featherhead；　that　a　soul　higher　than　himself　is　actually　here；　were　his　knees　stiffened　into　brass；　he　must　down　and　worship。〃
  Organic　filaments；　of　a　more　authentic　sort；　mysteriously　spinning　themselves；　some　will　perhaps　discover　in　the　following　passage：
  〃There　is　no　Church；　sayest　thou？　　The　voice　of　Prophecy　has　gone　dumb？　This　is　even　what　I　dispute：　　but　in　any　case；　hast　thou　not　still　Preaching　enough？　　A　Preaching　Friar　settles　himself　in　every　village；　and　builds　a　pulpit；　which　he　calls　Newspaper。　　Therefrom　he　preaches　what　most　momentous　doctrine　is　in　him；　for　man's　salvation；　and　dost　not　thou　listen；　and　believe？　　Look　well；　thou　seest　everywhere　a　new　Clergy　of　the　Mendicant　Orders；　some　barefooted；　some　almost　bare…backed；　fashion　itself　into　shape；　and　teach　and　preach；　zealously　enough；　for　copper　alms　and　the　love　of　God。　　These　break　in　pieces　the　ancient　idols；　and；　though　themselves　too　often　reprobate；　as　idol…breakers　are　wont　to　be；　mark　out　the　sites　of　new　Churches；　where　the　true　God…ordained；　that　are　to　follow；　may　find　audience；　and　minister。　　Said　I　not；　Before　the　old　skin　was　shed；　the　new　had　formed　itself　beneath　it？〃
  Perhaps　also　in　the　following；　wherewith　we　now　hasten　to　knit　up　this　ravelled　sleeve：
  〃But　there　is　no　Religion？〃　reiterates　the　Professor。　　〃Fool！　　I　tell　thee；　there　is。　　Hast　thou　well　considered　all　that　lies　in　this　immeasurable　froth…ocean　we　name　LITERATURE？　　Fragments　of　a　genuine　Church…_Homiletic_　lie　scattered　there；　which　Time　will　assort：　　nay　fractions　even　of　a　_Liturgy_　could　I　point　out。　　And　knowest　thou　no　Prophet；　even　in　the　vesture；　environment；　and　dialect　of　this　age？　　None　to　whom　the　Godlike　had　revealed　itself；　through　all　meanest　and　highest　forms　of　the　Common；　and　by　him　been　again　prophetically　revealed：　　in　whose　inspired　melody；　even　in　these　rag…gathering　and　rag…burning　days；　Man's　Life　again　begins；　were　it　but　afar　off；　to　be　divine？　　Knowest　thou　none　such？　　I　know　him；　and　name　himGoethe。
  〃But　thou　as　yet　standest　in　no　Temple；　joinest　in　no　Psalm…worship；　feelest　well　that；　where　there　is　no　ministering　Priest；　the　people　perish？　Be　of　comfort！　　Thou　art　not　alone；　if　thou　have　Faith。　　Spake　we　not　of　a　Communion　of　Saints；　unseen；　yet　not　unreal；　accompanying　and　brother…like　embracing　thee；　so　thou　be　worthy？　　Their　heroic　Sufferings　rise　up　melodiously　together　to　Heaven；　out　of　all　lands；　and　out　of　all　times；　as　a　sacred　_Miserere_；　their　heroic　Actions　also；　as　a　boundless　everlasting　Psalm　of　Triumph。　　Neither　say　that　thou　hast　now　no　Symbol　of　the　Godlike。　Is　not　God's　Universe　a　Symbol　of　the　Godlike；　is　not　Immensity　a　Temple；　is　not　Man's　History；　and　Men's　History；　a　perpetual　Evangel？　　Listen；　and　for　organ…music　thou　wilt　ever；　as　of　old；　hear　the　Morning　Stars　sing　together。〃
  CHAPTER　VIII。　NATURAL　SUPERNATURALISM。
  It　is　in　his　stupendous　Section；　headed　_Natural　Supernaturalism_；　that　the　Professor　first　becomes　a　Seer；　and；　after　long　effort；　such　as　we　have　witnessed；　finally　subdues　under　his　feet　this　refractory　Clothes…Philosophy；　and　takes　victorious　possession　thereof。　　Phantasms　enough　he　has　had　to　struggle　with；　〃Cloth…webs　and　Cob…webs；〃　of　Imperial　Mantles；　Superannuated　Symbols；　and　what　not：　　yet　still　did　he　courageously　pierce　through。　　Nay；　worst　of　all；　two　quite　mysterious；　world…embracing　Phantasms；　TIME　and　SPACE；　have　ever　hovered　round　him；　perplexing　and　bewildering：　　but　with　these　also　he　now　resolutely　grapples；　these　also　he　victoriously　rends　asunder。　　In　a　word；　he　has　looked　fixedly　on　Existence；　till；　one　after　the　other；　its　earthly　hulls　and　garnitures　have　all　melted　away；　and　now；　to　his　rapt　vision；　the　interior　celestial　Holy…of…Holies　lies　disclosed。
  Here；　therefore；　properly　it　is　that　the　Philosophy　of　Clothes　attains　to　Transcendentalism；　this　last　leap；　can　we　but　clear　it；　takes　us　safe　into　the　promised　land；　where　_Palingenesia_；　in　all　senses；　may　be　considered　as　beginning。　　〃Courage；　then！〃　may　our　Diogenes　exclaim；　with　better　right　than　Diogenes　the　First　once　did。　　This　stupendous　Section　we；　after　long　painful　meditation；　have　found　not　to　be　unintelligible；　but；　on　the　contrary；　to　grow　clear；　nay　radiant；　and　all…illuminating。　　Let　the　reader；　turning　on　it　what　utmost　force　of　speculative　intellect　is　in　him；　do　his　part；　as　we；　by　judicious　selection　and　adjustment；　shall　study　to　do　ours：
  〃Deep　has　been；　and　is；　the　significance　of　Miracles；〃　thus　quietly　begins　the　Professor；　〃far　deeper　perhaps　than　we　imagine。　　Meanwhile；　the　question　of　questions　were：　　What　specially　is　a　Miracle？　　To　that　Dutch　King　of