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that of the variola, in the constitution, shows that the 

 organic element remembers for the remainder of its life 

 certain modifications it has received. The manner in 

 which a cicatrix in a child's finger grows with the 

 growth of the body, proves, as has been shown by 

 Paget, that the organic element of the part does not 

 forget the impression it has received. What has been 

 said about the different nervous centres of the body 

 demonstrates the existence of a memory in the nerve 

 cells diffused through the heart and intestines ; in 

 those of the spinal cord, in the cells of the motor 

 ganglia, and in the cells of the cortical substance of 

 the cerebal hemispheres." 



Now, if words have any meaning at all, it must 

 follow from the passages quoted above, that each cell 

 in the human body is a person with an intelligent soul, 

 of a low class, perhaps, but still differing from our 

 own more complex soul in degree, and not in kind ; 

 and, like ourselves, being born, living, and dying. So 

 that each single creature, whether man or beast, proves 

 to be as a ray of white light, which, though single, is 

 compounded of the red, blue, and yellow rays. It 

 would appear, then, as though " we," " our souls," or 

 "selves," or "personalities," or by whatever name we may 

 prefer to be called, are but the consensus and full flowing 

 stream of countless sensations and impulses on the 

 part of our tributary souls or " selves," who probably 

 know no more that we exist, and that they exist as 

 part of us, than a microscopic water-flea knows the 

 results of spectrum analysis, or than an agricultural 

 labourer knows the working of the British constitution : 



