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or earthly nature to form the body, and it requires 

 a higher power than matter to operate it when it is 

 formed. How a molecule or protoplasm which 

 forms the germinal matter can produce a bone, 

 tendon, muscle, nerve, or any constituent element 

 of animal life, and change dead matter into a living 

 body, can only be accounted for by recognizing the 

 wisdom and power of the Creator of all things in 

 the initial movement. 



According to the teachings of modern philosophy, 

 matter and mind form the only constituent ele- 

 ments of the universe, and as mind is synonymous 

 with soul it would be proper to say that matter 

 and soul are the only constituents of the universe ; 

 though there seems to be considerable confusion 

 about the different terms used to express the 

 immaterial part of the body. 



A true definition of the nature of the soul is that 

 it consists of a certain simple unextended, indivisi- 

 ble substance, the natural properties whereof are 

 life, understanding, and activity. It is a thing 

 which differs essentially from all material sub- 

 stances ; for matter is something, under all forms, 

 which is naturally compounded, extended and 

 divisible; has color, length, breadth, thickness; is 



