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THE PERCEIVING AND PERCEIVED NATURES 



The Senses The Brain The Elements in it A Special Ele- 

 ment Union to the Brain, Perfect, Stable, of Unlike 

 Natures Correspondences in Perception ; Many, Varied 

 Power of the Perceiving Nature Many such Natures 

 Sensations caused by Numbered Motions. 



THERE are perceiving natures. We are conscious of 

 possessing perceptive power, conscious each one of our 

 being as exercising it. We know, and our own existence 

 is not more certain than that we see, and hear, and 

 smell, and taste, and touch. 



There are phenomena perceived. There are colours, 

 sounds, tastes, smells, and the sensations of touch. The 

 existence of material substance may be denied, but it is 

 impossible not to acknowledge that there are phenomena. 



Through our perceptive power we become acquainted 

 with a universe rich in beauty and grandeur, and 

 crowded with objects of intellectual interest. By day 

 the sun shines in his strength, lights up the earth, and 

 robes it in a garment of many - coloured loveliness. 

 Sunrisings and sunsettings charm by their dawning and 

 waning softness, and kindle an enthusiasm of admiration 

 of their hues on hills and clouds. By night the moon 

 walks in fairness, or the stars sparkle in brightness. By 

 day and night the beautiful blue sky, most majestical of 

 canopies, looks down on us. Mountains rise to varying 



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