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mechanism, able to control itself. It is controlled not by any external power but by a power within, which we call mind, soul, spirit or ego. The existence of this central power is disputed by none, Materialism declares this central power to be the property of matter, to be the product of molecular activities going on within the brain. This theory only explains how mechanical motions are produced in the brain cells. But machines only produce motions, not judgments. An amaba in search of food pursues po haphazard methods but makes most careful selections of the kind it wants. It will send out its pseudopodia, catch, Swallow and digest 4 struggling infusorium or other nutritious germ; but a mere touch of a grain of sand satisfies it as to its character, when it thrusts it from it in a way that plainly says. "That is not good.” Oxygen consuming bacteria will cluster around graius of chlorophyl, if exposed to direct sunlight but pay no attention to them in the shade or darkness. They know when the oxygen is being given off Infusoria guide theniselves in hunting their food with apparently as much precision as fish. They avoid ostacles and sometimes undertake to move them out of the way. They reject the innutritious and take the nutritious. These facts, evidently teach that the central energy called the soul power is not the result of a nervous system but vice versa. In man this fact becomes most
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