238 Human Frame. 



to convey her commands and influence 

 over the whole. For these purposes, the 

 nerves are actually given. They are 

 chords which rise from the brain, the 

 immediate residence of the mind, and 

 disperse themselves in branches through 

 all parts of the body. They are intended 

 to be occasional monitors agninst all such 

 impressions as might endanger the well- 

 being of the whole, or of any particular 

 part ; and this vindicates the Creator of 

 all things in having actually subjected us 

 to those many disagreeable and painful 

 sensations which we are exposed to form 

 a thousand accidents in life. Moreover, 

 the mind, in this corporeal system, must 

 be endued with the power of moving 

 from place to place, that she may have 

 intercourse with a variety of objects ; that 

 she may fly from such as are disagreeable, 

 dangerous, or hurtful, and pursue such as 

 are pleasant and useful to her ; and, accor- 

 dingly, she is supplied with muscles and 

 tendons, the instruments of motion, which 

 are found in every part of the fabric where 

 motion is necessary ; but, to give firmness 

 and shape to the fabric ; to keep the softer 

 parts in their proper place ; to give fix- 

 ed points for, and proper direction to, 



