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CHAPTER VI. 



THE HUMAN FORM. 



Hitherto we have contemplated the human body in parcels and 

 fractions, and have come gradually down into the world from the 

 brain to the skin, or from the centre to the circumference. We 

 have seen that the animation of the body depends upon the brain, 

 and comprises both a living motion, and a living eradiation of spirit 

 to every part of the system. We have seen that the force of the 

 body depends upon the lungs; that the play of life is brought about 

 by the breathing; that alternation by this way enters the frame, 

 gives it motion and rest, and makes it the instrument of an ever- 

 varying progress. We have seen that the renovation of the body 

 with substances made in its own image, comes from the heart, which 

 gives the organs a population of new individuals as the old elements 

 die out. We have seen that the field of preparation whereby aspir- 

 ing substances are fitted for citizenship, that is to say, whereby food 

 is assimilated, and converted into blood, is represented in the sto- 

 mach. Finally, that this motion and busy life, constant infusion of 

 new blood, and insatiable appropriation, has a government of its 

 own, yea, that it is a common government ; and this is represented 

 in the skin, which limits everything to its uses, and connects it to 

 its fellows. 



In stating thus much we have the position that the human body 

 is a living, moving, substantial, enduring, inviolable subject. The 

 brain gives it life or ends, which are the lords and masters of 

 organization. The lungs give it motion, without which life would 

 be futile. The heart gives it substance, without which motion and 

 work would be impossible. The stomach gives it supplies, without 

 which, moving substance, subject to wear and tear, could not last. 

 And the skin gives new ends, or individuality, without which the 

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