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13. The different types of organisms are implicitly 

 contained in the co-ordinating force of their several 

 germs. 



14. The different physical organs are in the plan 

 of this co-ordinating force. 



15. The different spiritual faculties, including the 

 conscience in the case of man, are implicitly pro- 

 vided for in the plan on which the co-ordinating force 

 acts. 



16. Among the faculties of the soul provided for 

 in the plan which antedates the germ of the -body, 

 are the perceptions of self-evident truths, both intel- 

 lectual and moral. 



17. The necessary beliefs of the intellect and con- 

 science are therefore in the original plan of the soul. 



18. They are brought into activity by experience. 

 The loom is worthless unless it has something to 



weave. When I affirm that the necessary beliefs are 

 connate, I do not assert that they effect any thing 

 for philosophy before we come into contact with the 

 exterior world, and with our own inner world. We 

 must have something to weave, before we can pro- 

 duce a web. But, in spite of all that, the web is not 

 the loom ; neither did the web or waterfall or steam 

 produce the loom. 



19. As original parts of the co-ordinating power in- 

 volved in the origination and transmission of life, the 

 necessary beliefs of the intellect and conscience are as 

 independent of the structure and environment of the 

 co-ordinated organism as a cause is of its effect. 



20. As original parts of the co-ordinating power 



