176 UNIVERSAL EVOLUTION 



There is no apparent line of demarcation between 

 the physical and psychical, as there is none, also, be- 

 tween matter and motion. They are simply different 

 forms of cosmic energy. 



The mentality of living bodies below man is not dif- 

 ferent in kind, but in degree. If it were possible to 

 dissect the nervous systems of a man, and of a lower 

 animal, and exhibit them apart from the body upon 

 manikins, so as to show them in all their ramifications, 

 just as they lie in the organisms, they would show by 

 comparison that the superior mentality of man results 

 from the more complete and perfectly connected network 

 of larger nerves, permeating every point of the human 

 body, arid all connecting in the larger and more com- 

 plex ganglion, called the brain; while the same system 

 in lower animals is less complete and more disconnected 

 at its peripheral and other terminations less complex, 

 and of much smaller size in the encephelon compared 

 with the size of the body ; that the nerves and 

 ganglionic centers, including the brain, are larger, more 

 copious and complex, giving them higher quality just 

 in proportion to the manifested mentality of the organ- 

 ism. This would be a natural and effective method of 

 teaching psychology, and nerve physiology, if it were 

 practicable. 



When man is confronted with the unknown and de- 

 sires to and can scientifically make it known to him- 

 self, his method is the same as that of the animal. He 

 simply makes repeated effort until he finds a solution. 

 This refers to the manner of procedure only; not to the 

 immensely larger number of higher problems man is 

 capable of soh r ing, of which the lesser mind of the 

 animal is incapable. The difference is one of degree only. 



