MENTAL FACULTIES. 45 



that of other animals is quantity and 

 quality. 



The lower groups of faculties those of 

 the lower and back parts of the brain- 

 are the affections : these force action, 

 and make man a social being. The higher 

 group those of the upper part are the 

 sentiments : these lift man above the 

 lower animals, and make him a moral 

 being. The frontal group are the intellec- 

 tual faculties. The general action of all 

 the faculties together is displayed principally 

 in consciousness, memory, recollection, 

 will, and judgment. 



CONSCIOUSNESS, I take it, is mental 

 perception, the power of being acquainted 

 with or comprehending ; that is, of men- 

 tally comprehending or appreciating the 

 impressions brought to the mind through 

 the organs of the senses. Its alertness 

 and power correspond with the fineness 

 and susceptibility of the grey matter of 

 the hemispheres. It is no more a separate 

 something apportioned off to individuals 

 than is mind itself. 



Memory and Recollection : there is, I 

 think, some difference between these two 

 mental powers. 



MEMORY, I take it, is the power of retain- 



