Thereisnothinghumaninanylivinganimal。Allnature，theuniverseasfaraswesee，isanti—orultra—human，outside，andhasnoconcernwithman。
Thesethingsareunnaturaltohim。Bynocourseofreasoning，howevertortuous，cannatureandtheuniversebefittedtothemind。Norcanthemindbefittedtothecosmos。Mymindcannotbetwistedtoit；Iamseparatealtogetherfromthesedesignlessthings。Thesoulcannotbewresteddowntothem。Thelawsofnatureareofnoimportancetoit。Irefusetobeboundbythelawsofthetides，noramIsobound。Thoughbodilyswungroundonthisrotatingglobe，mymindalwaysremainsinthecentre。Notidallaw，norotation，nogravitationcancontrolmythought。
Centuriesofthoughthavefailedtoreconcileandfitthemindtotheuniverse，whichisdesignless，andpurposeless，andwithoutidea。Iwillnotendeavourtofitmythoughttoitanylonger；I
findandbelievemyselftobedistinct——separate；andIwilllabourinearnesttoobtainthehighestcultureformyself。Asthesenaturalthingshavenoconnectionwithman，itfollowsagainthatthenaturalisthestrangeandmysterious，andthesupernaturalthenatural。
Therebeingnothinghumaninnatureortheuniverse，andallthingsbeingultra—humanandwithoutdesign，shape，orpurpose，Iconcludethat，nodeityhasanythingtodowithnature。