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to generation. Here, then, in what, at first sight, 

 might seem to be the imperfection of the animal 

 instincts in man, we find the intimation of his high 

 nature, — his capacity for improvement, and the ne- 

 cessity for it, — and also the intimation that IntelH- 

 gence must guide him, even as an animal ; for his 

 instincts, which are mainly impulses, only lead or 

 drive him to ruin, unless they are directed and con- 

 trolled. Intelligence here must be the master of 

 instinctive action, and not its servant, as among 

 the lower animals. 



It is in the supersensuous part of our being alone 

 that we must look for something different in kind, 

 from what we find in animals. That we shall find 

 such a principle, we have no doubt ; because we 

 see in man results which mere animal powers show 

 no tendency to reach. This principle is that, in man, 

 which is highest in kind, and which ought to rule 

 his whole being. It should be autocrat among the 

 powers. It should, from its throne above in the 

 higher nature, rule all below, — making Intellect it- 

 self an instrument, — as bodily instincts rule in the 

 animal. The instincts of the animal grow out of 

 his bodily organization — and, so far as the animal 

 is concerned, they begin and end with that. The 

 higher power in us, which should rule the body, 

 sometimes demands of a man, that he rise above 

 every animal instinct, and give up even life itself, 

 although there may be none to admire or recount 

 his deeds. He may be so true to himself, as to de- 

 liberately accept of death — die for the truth. 



With every man, is the choice between the rule 



