124 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



through the nerves with which it is supplied, a voli- 

 tion, or act of the soul, to that effect, and the arm 

 will then bend. 



Though the muscles are the instruments of mo- 

 tion, yet such acts are performed through the influ- 

 ence of the soul. If the nerves which supply any 

 voluntary muscles be divided, the muscles will not 

 contract. 



In partial paralysis, in many forms of tetanus, 

 such as lock-jaw and cramps, the muscles are not 

 under control of the soul, yet it is in no way 

 affected by the lesion. 



It has been demonstrated by distinguished phys- 

 iologists that in one instance or another every part 

 of the brain has been destroyed or disorganized by 

 disease or accident, and yet the individuals have 

 none of them been destitute of the soul and its fac- 

 ulties as long as life continued. The soul cannot 

 be injured or diseased any more than can electricity, 

 gravity, or affinity. It is only the means of com- 

 munication that can be affected. 



If the brain, in which some are pleased to lodge 

 all mental phenomena, has been in one instance or 

 another destroyed in all its parts without destroy- 

 ing the action of the soul, it is proof positive that 



