APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS 



XIX 



Thoug-ht is existence. More than that, so far as 

 we are concerned, existence is thought, all our con- 

 ceptions of existence being some kind or other of 

 thought. 



XX 



It is enough for all the practical purposes of human 

 existence if we find that our trust in the representa- 

 tions of consciousness is verified by results ; and 

 that, by their help, we are enabled "to walk sure- 

 footedly in this life." 



XXI 



It is because the body is a machine that education 

 is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a 

 superinducing of an artificial organisation upon the 

 natural organisation of the body ; so that acts, 

 which at first required a conscious effort, eventually 

 became unconscious and mechanical. 



XXII 



I protest that if some great Power would agree to 

 make me always think what is true and do what is 

 right, on condition of being turned into a sort of 

 clock and wound up every morning before I got 

 out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. 



XXIII 



The only freedom I care about is the freedom to 

 do right ; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to 

 part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will 

 take it of me. 



