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more generally between spiritual and 

 material, has been illustrated by the con- 

 nection between the meaning of a sentence 

 and the written or spoken word conveying that 

 meaning. The writing or the speaking may 

 be regarded as an incarnation of the meaning, 

 a mode of stating or exhibiting its essence. 

 As delivered, the sentence must have time 

 relations ; it has a beginning, middle, and 

 end ; it may be repeated, and the same 

 general meaning may be expressed in other 

 words ; but the intrinsic meaning of the 

 sentence itself need have no time relations, 

 it may be true always^ it may exist as an 

 eternal "now," though it may be perceived 

 and expressed by humanity with varying 

 clearness from time to time. 



The soul of a thing is its underlying 

 permanent reality that which gives it its 

 meaning and confers upon it its attributes. 

 The body is an instrument or mechanism 

 for the manifestation or sensible presentation 

 of what else would be imperceptible. It is 

 useless to ask whether a soul is immortal a 



