MATTER, MEASURE. 



amus born of corrupt superstition, many times instilled 

 within the youthful manifestation of ages of progeni- 

 tors, that he is a compound of the particles of matter 

 like all other forms of life organic and otherwise. 



In many cases he is forced to acknowledge that 

 there is a superior intelligence displayed by other forms 

 of life. But he quietly and peacefully disposes of the 

 complicated problem by adjudging the same to animal 

 instinct. The qualities that are displayed by man that 

 appear above the ordinary conception, take a place 

 among the gods. In animals the same qualities, or per- 

 haps greater ones, must be explainable by the instinct 

 of the animal, in order to buttress up the fancied super- 

 iority of the ego, the great ego. 



There is a fact that is unquestionable, that there is 

 difference in the intelligence of different forms of life, 

 all explainable in conformity with developed organism. 

 Regardless of what the species may be collectively, 

 there still remains difference in the personnel or indi- 

 vidual of each kind. 



But in no case can there be a particle of matter de- 

 void of intelligence as it will accept or deny the ad- 

 vance of other particles, thereby proving conclusively, 

 and beyond a reasonable doubt, a delicate regard for 

 choice. It must be conceded by the most enlightened 

 of mankind that the power to reject or to accept the ad- 

 vances of other forms of matter, and do it unerringly 

 and without mistake, requires a mode of reasoning. And 

 yet that mode of reasoning is one of the attributes that 

 must be conceded to every form of matter. 



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