re St. Paul on
account of this passage alone if he never had written another. How
awful is the moral quality of the human soul taken in connection with
its future capacity for knowledge. And how natural, how evident, is the
connection. The human mind will receive knowledge from the source of
all knowledge--God, in proportion as it has been just and good. For
this reason our Redeemer calls the world of the damned 'outer
darkness,' and the world of the blessed, the 'kingdom of light.'"
"We sometimes see in that way even now," said Frank after a pause. "The
wicked have ideas very different from those of the good. A frivolous
spirit mocks at and derides that which fills the good with happiness
and contentment. We might, then, say that even in this life man knows
as he is known."
The doctor cast an admiring glance at the young man. "We entirely
agree, my young friend; wickedness is to the sciences what a poisonous
miasma and the burning rays of the sun are to the young plants. Yes,
vice begets atheism, materialism, and every other abortion of thought."
Klingenberg arose.
"We will meet again at three," said he with a friendly nod.
Richard took from his room _Vogt's Physiological Letters_, went into
the garden, and buried himself in its contents.
CHAPTER V.
THE PROGRESSIVE PROFESSOR.
When Frank returned from the walk, he found a visitor at Frankenhoehe.
The visitor was an elegantly dressed young man, with a free,
self-important air about him.
He spoke fluently, and his words sounded as decisive as though they
came from the lips of infallibility. At times this self-importance was
of such a boastful and arrogant character as to affect the observer
disagreeably.
"It is now vacation, and I do not know how to enjoy it better than by a
visit to you," said he.
"Very flattering to me," answered Frank. "I hope you will be pleased
with Frankenhoehe."
"Pleased?" returned the visitor, as he looked through the open window
at the beautiful landscape. "I would like to dream away here the whole
of May and June. How charming it is! An empire of flowers and vernal
delights."
"I am surprised, Carl, that you have preserved such a love for nature.
I thought you considered the professor's chair the culminating point of
attraction."
Carl bowed his head proudly, and stood with folded arms before the
smiling Frank.
"That is evidently intended for flatte
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