ORIGIN OF THE SOUL 99 



forward with longing. Time present, the flashing 

 moment, was all her being." 



Not " envisaging itself," not being at once actor, 

 spectator and critic, " living in the flashing moment," 

 not seeing the past and the present and the future 

 separately, this is the highest at which we can put 

 the consciousness of animals, and herein lies the 

 distinction between man and the animals which 

 makes the overwhelming difference. 



Must we then suppose, with Russel Wallace, that 

 somewhere on the upward path from the tropical 

 forests to the groves of Paradise, a soul was inter- 

 polated from an outside source into the gorilla-like 

 ancestry of man ? I do not think so, although I not 

 only admit but assert that such a view gives a more 

 accurate statement of fact than does either of the 

 fashionable doctrines that I have discussed. I 

 believe with Darwin, that as the body of man has 

 been evolved from the body of animals, so the 

 intellectual, emotional, and moral faculties of man 

 have been evolved from the qualities of animals. 

 I help myself towards the comprehension of the 

 process by reflecting on two phenomena of observa- 

 tion. I help myself, and perchance may help others ; 

 no more ; could I speak dogmatically on what is the 

 central mystery of all science and all philosophy and 

 all thought, my words would roll with the thunder 

 of Sinai. 



The first phenomenon of observation which en- 

 courages me is that the properties of a compound 

 are not merely the sum of the properties of the 

 constituents of the compound. Who could infer the 

 qualities of water simply from a knowledge of the 



