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suffice for accomplishment of what Aristotle described 

 as the true work of man/ energy according to reason. 1 

 Human conduct includes more than the management 

 of our muscles. Knowledge means more than records 

 of sensible experience ; more than reaches us through 

 our_open eyes. Right points to sovereign law 

 for man, with large range for thought as to its varied 

 application. The conception of the right supplies 

 impulse for all the nations, carrying direction for them 

 all in government and in advance of civilisation. 

 The right implies constant reference to the super 

 natural, giving force to the counsel, 



At noon in the bustle of man s worktime 



Greet the unseen with a cheer. 2 



From these few obvious tests, it will appear that 

 our life includes much beyond the functions of organ 

 ism. The man who appreciates his position in Nature 

 will give its proper place, among the prime necessities 

 of human well-being, to the internal culture of the 

 individual. 3 We thus recognise the difference between 

 a strong man and a wise, claiming that wisdom is more 

 than strength; is, indeed, the true strength of a 

 man. Strength secured by nutriment is very different 

 from strength of thought. Man s place in Nature is 

 determined by his rational life. For a scientific theory / 

 we need a much deeper appreciation of the functions 

 of rational intelligence than can be had even by inter- &amp;lt; &amp;gt; 

 fetation of its ordinary use. We need a science of V 

 intelligence equal to our modern physiology. The 

 knowledge of organic structure supplied by the science 

 of our day, shows it to be marvellous beyond the utmost 



1 Nicom. Ethics, Bk. I. ch. vii. 2 Browning s Asolando. 



3 Autobiography of J. S. Mill, p. 143. 



