CHANGING IDENTITIES 



proper life, the life of every one of his descendants 

 that lives or ever shall live. (Hypothesis.) 



Then, have all those lives been asleep ? Is that 

 which is to animate dead material itself capable 

 to exist in perfect negation? 



It is absurd to attribute to these ready-made 

 lives, either the power to exist without manifesta- 

 tion or the capability to grow with our growth and 

 strengthen with our strength. 



Because, all life is interwoven with that material, 

 which through that life constitutes a living 

 identity. 



Therefore, the extension of that life to a new 

 identity from two parent identities involves the 

 production of a mould wherein universal force 

 must form the new identity. 



And both sexes can contribute to that mould and 

 both sexes may be equally necessary. 



And the new identity must needs be similar to 

 both parents, as far as they are similar, and that 

 similar form must be affected by universal force, 

 even as the parent forms were affected; therefore, 

 the life also shall be similar. 



PROPOSITION XXIII. 



Every living identity is a compound of lesser 

 identities. 



Because, all substances are built up of primary 

 spheres (Prop. XIX, B. 1) ; therefore, every living 

 identity is a compound of primary identities. Be- 



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