INTRODUCTION. 5 



Such definitions must be left to the reader himself, if 

 in course of the perusal of these volumes he finds it 

 necessary to form abstract theories on these points. Any 

 definition given now would inevitably involve us in con- 

 troversies, which would be embarrassing and confus- 

 ing. I rely upon the general and undefined sense of 

 the word Thought, assuming that every one will connect 

 some intelligible meaning with it, some meaning which 

 will enable him to understand the very general pro- 

 position with which we started, the existence of an s. 



Relation of 



inner or hidden world behind the world of external outer and 



inner world 



events and facts, the continually changing nature of undeflned - 

 this inner world, and the connection and reaction be- 

 tween the two worlds. Whether in time and in im- 

 portance the outer or the inner world is the first, 

 whether within the latter equal value attaches to the 

 clearer province of Eeason, i.e., defined Thought, to the 

 obscurer regions of Feeling and Imagination, and to the 

 unconscious world of Impulse, these are questions which 

 it is not necessary to answer at present. As it was 

 enough to point to the existence of the two worlds of 

 Life and Thought, so it will be enough to notice that 

 thought does not mean merely defined, clear, methodi- 9. 



Many mean- 



cal thought, but likewise the great region of desire, ^ u of ht 

 impulse, feeling, and imagination, all of which play, 

 we must admit, a great part in the inner life of the 

 soul as well as in that of the outer world. 



outcome of his narrative, the im- j collect and arrange in a living pic- 



pression which he leaves on the j ture an enormous mass of detail, 



mind of the reader when he has j Too rigid definitions, like lines 



perused the work. History is not ; which are too hard and marked, 

 mainly a science which proceeds spoil the total effect, 



by analysis ; it is the attempt to i 



