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least plays the determining part, and cannot be replaced by the lower nerve 

 centers. With regard to the state of consciousness in decerebrated animals, 

 it is evident that no proposition can be laid down which is entirely free from 

 objection,, and there is no occasion here to discuss the hypotheses bearing 

 on the subject which have been put forward. 



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