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plasm of the body ; whatever puts a stop 

 to these changes causes death. And once 

 stopped, these changes can never be re- 

 started ; protoplasm once dead is dead 

 for ever. 



When life on the earth first began no 

 one can tell. Nor does anyone know for 

 certain how it began : whether it was 

 one of the results of the pre-ordained or 

 pre-determined evolutions of the universe, 

 when evolution had produced the highest 

 not-living proteid or ferment, and pro- 

 gressed one step further, as some scientists 

 think ; or whether it was the result of 

 a special creative act on the part of the 

 eternal all-pervading Spirit, when the 

 fulness of time had arrived for life to appear 

 on the earth, as many scientists, most 

 philosophers, and nearly all theologians 

 maintain, we ought not to attempt to 

 decide. These are questions that will best 

 be left for each one to settle forThimself . 



So much as to the origin and nature 

 of life. Now as to 



THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF MIND. 



What is mind ? Is it an entity distinct 

 from the body ? Is it what is understood 



