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must be placed under this category, can never be destroyed. 

 I repeat the question. What has become of it ? Either it 

 exists in the plant in a dormant condition, awaiting opportuni- 

 ties to call it into existence, or it has returned to the great 

 Source of all consciousness, whence each individual organ- 

 ism, whether of plant or animal, obtained its quantum. It 

 still exists, but how or under what conditions, I cannot 

 affirm, and is to plants what mind is to man and animals, con- 

 trolling their actions when such are for their well-being and 

 good. If mind persists in a future state, then consciousness, 

 which may be considered as mind in plants, must also per- 

 sist, for it is not at all likely that the Source of all conscious- 

 ness, which we worship as God, the Creator of all things, 

 could be unmindful of the least of His children. 



