122 LIFE. 



From these the powers are transmitted to others, and so 

 on. The amount of matter influenced at any one moment 

 being greater in some situations than in others, and varying 

 according to a number of circumstances. In relation with 

 the delicate living matter, seated near the surface of the grey 

 matter of the convolutions of man's brain, which is alone 

 concerned in mental action, I conceive that vital power 

 attains its most exalted form. It seems to be temporarily 

 chained, as it were, to this matter, which it acts upon, and 

 through which alone it can make itself evident ; but seeing 

 that all forms of vital power are transferable, surely there 

 is nothing contrary to reason in supposing that it may be 

 freed from the material, and yet be. 



