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universal mind, so glibly spoken of by philosophers, 

 as to fly to the moon. We would require an infinity 

 of senses to evolve such omniscience. 



Still more absurd is it that hair-splitting philo- 

 sophers should pretend to revel in an Empyrean of 

 " Pure Intelligence," colonised by themselves. Indeed, 

 metaphysics and Alice s Adventures in Wonderland 

 are much alike in philosophical value. For if we 

 grant that " Alice " can go through the " looking- 

 glass," then Wonderland is possible. Similarly, if we 

 concede that philosophers can glide through their 

 mind into a region of " Pure Intelligence " closed to 

 common men, we must also grant them the privilege 

 of distilling unlimited bathos as the highest human 

 wisdom : a privilege amply taken advantage of. 



Lastly, as there cannot be a sense without a sense- 

 organ, we perceive how excessively silly it is for men 

 to claim possession of a sixth sense, called a psychic 

 sense, which is devoid of any known organ. We do 

 not wonder that its possessors are enabled to corre- 

 spond with Mahatmas, hold converse with " Spooks," 

 turn tables with " spirit-rappers," and flirt with phan- 

 tasmal " Julias." 



Section 5. Mind and Mechanism : 



Through the knowledge of mind mechanism fur- 

 nished us by physiologists, we learn another of the 

 barriers of mind which fence it within the material 

 fold. 



When any man undertakes to lecture or hector the 



