RELATION OF THE BRAIN TO THE BODY. 79 



hearts, for it receives from the body and the universe a spiritual 

 blood, which its cortices pulse forth in infinite streams throughout 

 the frame. We have shown that it is the lung of lungs, for its ani- 

 mation is the breathing of the soul in the all-communicative ether. 

 We have shown that it is the stomach of stomachs, because of its bold 

 chyniistry in the preparation of the food of food, which is the nerve- 

 spirit. It is also the gland of glands, and the muscle of muscles, 

 for it secretes the purest of juices, and obeys the beginnings of the 

 motor force. Aye, and it is the primal womb of life and thought. 

 In short, it is the body over again, piece by piece, with a truth be- 

 fitting the brain. Hence, again, comes corroboration of our views, 

 for we now perceive that we have assigned functions to the brain, of 

 opening, breathing, moving, circulating, and the like, which are in- 

 dispensable to its maintaining relations with the similar functions of 

 the body. In short, we find that our deductions are but the claim 

 of a common nature, as it were a common humanity, between the 

 brain and the body. The brain, however, we must remember, is 

 unmeasured by the body, and its attributes are peculiar, and not to 

 be named by low names, excepting for the sake of illustration. 



With all these advantages, however, of a community of nature 

 and aims with the body, the brain could still do nothing, if there 

 were not a physical motion in the body corresponding to the mental 

 motion in the brain. If the body did not conspire or breathe with 

 the brain, the metaphysical force which alone the brain per se pos- 

 sesses, could not be carried out. So, if the force of the seasons did 

 not concur with the force of the cultivator, husbandry would be im- 

 possible. And so, if the moving disciplines of an army were not 

 unanimous with the commander's voice, military operations could 

 not exist. But we have said enough on this subject, which con- 

 cerns the seconding of the fine brain thoughts by the powerful phy- 

 sical lungs. 



The result of our observations hitherto is, that the brain opens 

 the body to new influences, or gives it animation, and weighs upon 

 it with the pressure of numerous changes or reforms; causing it to 

 follow the mind, so far as the latter consists in the brain, through 

 its vicissitudes. A similar animation, as we have seen, is introduced 

 by man upon the earth, wbich he is born to subdue, and to recon- 



