24 MYTH AND SCIENCE. 



intelligence ; an intelligence only differing from that 

 of animals by this inward and deliberate fact, 

 which enables man to consider and examine all 

 his acts, thus logically doubling their range. This 

 intelligence has in animals a simple and direct in- 

 fluence on their bodies and on the external world, 

 in proportion to their diverse forms and inherited 

 instincts ; while in man, ow T ing to his commanding 

 attitude, it falls back upon itself, and gives rise to 

 the inquiring and reflective habit of science. 



We do not, therefore, divide man from other 

 animals, but rather assert that many proofs and 

 subtle analyses show the identity of their intelli- 

 gence in its fundamental elements, while the dif- 

 ference is only the result of a reaction of the same 

 intelligence on itself. Such a theory does not in any 

 way interrupt the natural evolution and genesis of 

 the animal kingdom, while the distinctive peculiarity 

 of man is shown in an act which, as I believe, clearly 

 explains the new faculty of reason acquired by him. 



I must admit that in speaking of the psychical 

 faculty as a force which possesses laws peculiar to 

 itself, it has appeared to a learned and competent 

 judge that I have conceded a real existence to this 

 faculty, independently of the physiological conditions 

 fliroiif/Jt which it manifests itself, which might be 

 called a mythical personality in the constitution of 

 the world. If I had really made such an assertion, it 

 would be an error which I am perhaps more ready 



