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vous fibrils. Such variety of perception* 

 I can only consider as the feffect of th 

 peculiar properties of that which feels, 

 remembers, reasons, and wills, and which 

 seems connected With the brain alone. 



The conclusion to be drawn from thte 

 examination of the functions of the 

 nervous system is 'curious and interesting. 

 We perceive an exact correspondence 

 between those opinions Which result frOfti 

 physiological researches, and th<^e which 

 so naturally arise frofti the suggestkms tff 

 reason that some have considered thetti 

 as intuitive. For most reflecting per3$f*s 

 in all ages have believed, and indeed it 

 seems natural to believe, what modern 

 physiology also appears to teadh, that 

 in the human body there exists an as- 

 semblage 6f organs, formed of comffi6n 

 inert matter, such as we see after death, 

 a principle of life and action, and a sen- 



