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be considered the organ of the soul it does not 

 follow that the soul is the product of the brain. 



No system of theology would dare to admit such 

 an hypothesis. For instance, take the water-wheel 

 of a mill. The wheel sets the machinery in motion, 

 but it is not the motive power, as the motive power 

 is the water. 



So the brain will move the different faculties of 

 the body but the motive power is the soul. Take 

 the faculty of thought, and we see that it is not the 

 product of physical forces, and cannot be developed 

 like the gradual growth of the body, but is a spon- 

 taneous action guided by a spiritual force. 



A letter is brought by the postman to an indi- 

 vidual ; he reads it and the contents have such 

 a wonderful effect on his nervous system that 

 he drops dead. It was purely a mental action, 

 as the man received some fearful and distressing 

 tidings. 



One friend calls upon another and informs him 

 that some great catastrophe has happened to one of 

 his nearest and dearest relatives, and as a result his 

 friend may lose his sight or hearing or become 

 paralyzed. Here the thought struck the man with 

 a physical effect. Thought acts upon the brain, 



