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body will not destroy the soul. An animal body 

 cannot exist without some existing cause, some 

 force, to give impulse in all vital actions ; and as 

 every cause of motion is external to the object 

 moved, all animal life must have some cause which 

 operates and controls the functions of the body out- 

 side of the body itself. 



I can move my hand upward or downward, faster 

 or slower, or not at all, just as I will. Now if my 

 hand and the power which put it in motion were 

 left to be governed by the law of gravitation or 

 any law governing matter, I would be powerless to 

 make such motions. 



Thus we perceive there is something within the 

 body which supports it and directs its movements, 

 and which must necessarily be of a different nature 

 from the body. 



When a man begins to reflect upon his own nature, 

 he will at once discover that he is a dual being:. 

 When he begins to think, he does not know where 

 the thought comes from or in what part of the 

 body it dwells. When he considers his own body, 

 it appears to be something different from the person 

 himself. And when he uses the expression my 

 body, or the body of me, may it not properly be 



