24/32 If he has doubts let him look up at the marshalling of the starry heaven, and they will vanish." "No," said Beatrice, "I fear not. Kant said so, but before that Moliere had put the argument in the mouth of a fool. The starry heavens no more prove anything than does the running of the raindrops down the window-pane. It is not a question of size and quantity." "I might accept the illustration," answered Geoffrey; "one example of law is as good as another for my purpose. I see in it all the working of a living Will, but of course that is only my way of looking at it, not yours." "No; I am afraid," said Beatrice, "all this reasoning drawn from material things does not touch me. |