232 The Evolution Hypothesis. 



where the intellectual element predominates, the 

 feelings are thereby constituted a part of thought. 

 The very thing to be evolved is assumed as condi- 

 tioning the evolution. 



" In tracts of consciousness where the relational 

 element predominates, and where the clustering of 

 feelings is consequently well-defined, the clusters 

 themselves enter into relations one with another." * 

 Here, again, as we advance to a higher stage in the 

 composition of mind, the coherence of groups with 

 groups is determined by the relational element 

 that is, by the faculty of perceiving relations. The 

 intellectual power by which objects are compared, is 

 the condition that regulates the clustering of groups 

 with groups. Once more, the very thing to be evolved 

 the ultimate goal of the operation is the most 

 important factor in working out the higher degree 

 of mental composition. 



Feelings of one order enter into relation with those 

 of another ; but those of " different orders which enter 

 into definite relations and cohere most strongly, are 

 those in which there is predominance of the relational 

 elements," ) and " the method remains the same 

 throughout." Throughout the whole process of the 

 evolution of mind, the relational element determines 

 the grouping; in other words, the intelligence in- 

 volved effects the advance and is the measure of it: 



* Psychology, Vol. L, 71. t Ibid, 72. 



