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As regards the problem of the origin of movement, described as the second of the world enigmas' by Du. Bois Reymond, the last word of science must be taken to be that it is
"solved by the recognition that movement is as innate and original a property of substance as a sensation" (The Riddle of the Universe).
This is, however, a misleading statement to a certain extent, for, while motion is an attribute of matter, it is not a property of pure spirit, though embodied souls enjoy the power to direct their movements into particular channels at will. This will be made clear by and by; in the mean time it is evident that what enables them to do so is their will which is a distinct kind of force. Many persons will at once deny that will is a kind of force; but we need only refer to the following reasoned expression of opinion from Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace's Natural Selection and Tropical Nature to be convinced of the fact that it cannot be regarded as a non-entity pure and simple. Says Dr. Wallace :--
“We are acquainted with two radically distinct or apparently distinct kinds of force--the first consists of the primary forces of nature, such as gravitation, cohesion, repulsion, heat, electricity, etc.; the second is our own will force. Many persons will at once deny that the latter exists. It will be said that it is a mere transformation of the primary forces before alluded to; that the correlation of forces includes those of animal life, and that will itself is but the result of molecular change in the brain. I think, however, that it can be shown that this latter assertion has never been proved, nor even been proved to be possible; and that in making it, a great leap in the dark has been taken from the known to the unknown. It may be at once admitted that the muscular force of animals and man is merely the transformed energy derived from the primary forces of nature. So much has been, if not rigidly proved, yet rendered highly probable, and it is in perfect accordance
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