LOTZE ON THE UNION OP SOUL AND BODY. 179 



mystery of the arrival of a human being on this 

 planet suggests is, When did its soul come into con- 

 nection with its body ? While we face that inquiry, 

 we stand in the holy of holies of modern research ; 

 and I shall ask you to take, as a high priest, there, 

 no American or English philosophy. It is my duty 

 to present here what is supposed to be the best 

 thought on the globe within the range of our fields 

 of investigation, and not merely the best on this side 

 the Straits of Dover. 



Let me, therefore, outline rapidly before you Her- 

 mann Lotze's answer to the question, When does 

 the soul unite with the body? The philosophy 

 taught here is not always that of Lionel Beale, nor 

 that of Lotze. I used Beale's facts very largely in 

 biology; I used Lotze's philosophy more than any 

 other. If you do not find every thing elsewhere 

 that you find here, why, you may conclude that I 

 have not, either ! But to-day, entering upon a very 

 dangerous field of audacious speculation, I shall be 

 representing Lotze's opinions rather than my own. 



1. From the idea of matter, life and soul cannot 

 be explained. 



2. From the idea of spirit, all material properties 

 may be deduced. 



3. Choose the latter as the ultimate substance of 

 all things, and we satisfy the desire for a similarity 

 of character in all that exists. 



4. Physical phenomena point to an underlying 

 being to which they belong, but do not determina 

 whether that being is material or immaterial. 



