The Woman.—The two preceding conversations, my father, have cleared up for me the theory of religion and the conception of Humanity, the centre of the whole Positive system. I ask you now to teach me directly to love better, in order to know better, and to serve better, the incomparable Goddess whom you have revealed to me, and into whom in the end I hope to deserve incorporation. In such a subject our conferences may assume the character of real conversations. I shall only interrupt your teaching in order to throw light on, or set forth more fully, points on which you do not sufficiently dwell. I even hope to take an active part by anticipating some of your explanations, thus rendering your exposition more rapid without detracting from its completeness. For in the worship we enter the domain of feeling, where the inspiration of woman, though it keep its empirical character, can really aid the priesthood in its construction.

The Pried.—I rely greatly, my daughter, on this spontaneous co-operation to shorten this part of our Catechism as compared with the two following. But in order to make the best use of your present disposition, this new conversation, which concerns merely the worship in general, must begin by a systematic general plan of our religion, though you are already familiar with it.