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some bit or fragment of his brain. In 

 the mysterious convolutions of that 

 mysterious substance there are, as it 

 were, a thousand retinae each set to 

 receive its own special impressions from 

 the external world. They are all 

 needed ; but they are not all of equal 

 dignity. Some catch the lesser and 

 others catch the higher lights of nature ; 

 some reflect mere numerical order or 

 mechanical arrangement, whilst others 

 are occupied with the causes and the 

 reasons, and the purposes of these. 

 Some philosophers make it their busi- 

 ness to blindfold the facets which are 

 sensitive to such higher things, and to 

 open those only which are adapted to 

 see the lower. And yet these very men 

 generally admit that the faculties of 

 vision which see the higher relations 

 are peculiarly human. They are so 

 identified with the human intellect that 



