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  THE 
  PROBLEM 
  OF 
  BODY 
  AND 
  MIND 
  

  

  the 
  wrong 
  line, 
  for 
  it 
  pictures 
  the 
  mind 
  acting 
  mechanically 
  

   on 
  matter 
  in 
  motion. 
  But 
  if 
  the 
  mind 
  can 
  thus 
  determine 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  physical 
  processes, 
  say 
  in 
  the 
  brain, 
  the 
  

   disparateness 
  of 
  mind 
  and 
  body 
  is 
  surely 
  given 
  up. 
  Even 
  

   Lotze 
  spoke 
  of 
  " 
  elements 
  of 
  mental 
  life, 
  intervening 
  between 
  

   the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  corporeal 
  organs, 
  and 
  filling 
  gaps 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  single 
  links 
  of 
  the 
  chain 
  of 
  vital 
  processes 
  ", 
  but 
  

   can 
  we 
  think 
  of 
  mind 
  producing 
  an 
  impact 
  or 
  causing 
  mo- 
  

   tion 
  ? 
  What 
  we 
  call 
  mind 
  bulks 
  largely 
  in 
  Animate 
  Nature, 
  

   but 
  surely 
  whatever 
  be 
  its 
  mode 
  of 
  operation 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  that 
  

   of 
  a 
  shunter. 
  W. 
  K. 
  Clifford 
  compared 
  the 
  belief 
  in 
  this 
  

   kind 
  of 
  psychical 
  influence 
  upon 
  material 
  things 
  to 
  the 
  

   belief 
  that 
  the 
  wagons 
  of 
  a 
  railway 
  train 
  are 
  held 
  together 
  

   by 
  the 
  friendly 
  feeling 
  of 
  the 
  engine-driver 
  for 
  the 
  guard. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  animist 
  is 
  probably 
  on 
  firmer 
  ground 
  when 
  he 
  

   simply 
  refuses 
  to 
  be 
  tyrannised 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  the 
  

   conservation 
  of 
  energy. 
  That 
  principle 
  was 
  established 
  in 
  

   reference 
  to 
  inorganic 
  systems 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  adequately 
  

   summed 
  up 
  in 
  dynamical 
  terms, 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  domain 
  with- 
  

   out 
  spontaneity 
  or 
  alternatives 
  or 
  endeavour. 
  We 
  need 
  not 
  

   allow 
  a 
  law 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  making 
  to 
  dogmatise 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  is 
  

   possible 
  or 
  impossible 
  in 
  systems 
  run 
  on 
  different 
  lines. 
  

   No 
  doubt 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  organism 
  conforms 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  

   to 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  the 
  conservation 
  of 
  energy, 
  as 
  calorimeter 
  

   experiments 
  prove; 
  perhaps 
  it 
  corresponds 
  absolutely; 
  but 
  

   what 
  we 
  are 
  concerned 
  to 
  maintain 
  is, 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  

   grounded 
  in 
  the 
  constitution 
  of 
  nature 
  why 
  a 
  living 
  material 
  

   system 
  should 
  entirely 
  correspond 
  as 
  regards 
  energetics 
  to 
  a 
  

   non-living 
  material 
  system. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  connection 
  it 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  just 
  as 
  

   a 
  spark 
  may 
  cause 
  an 
  explosion, 
  and 
  cutting 
  a 
  tape 
  may 
  

   launch 
  a 
  liner, 
  an 
  emotion 
  may 
  intervene 
  to 
  considerable 
  

  

  