234 PART IV. PREPARATORY STAGE. 



16. Lastly, we prepare a report summarising the enquiry, and, 

 in doing so, respect the principles enunciated on the subject in 

 Conclusion 35. 



II. Modal Aspects. 



In seeking to ascertain the Material Aspects, we endeavour 

 to do full justice to what is suggested by the Modal Aspects. 



1. Matters relating to time, space, and consciousness require 

 to be determined in detail, according to the table. 



2. The degree of static and dynamic facts and factors need 

 to be studied. 



3. The pure, average, casual, momentary, time-produced, 

 environment-produced, individual, transitional, exceptional, im- 

 perfect, perfect, and abnormal states should be taken into con- 

 sideration. 



4. The changes undergone should not be overlooked. 



5. And the personal equation should not escape attention. 



III. Procedure Aspects. 



1. We must be clear regarding the problem under investigation. 



2. There should be accurate, minute, and, if possible, experi- 

 mental examination, under the most varied conditions of space, 

 time, and other circumstances, and immediate and scrupulous 

 recording of results. 



3. We require alertness, in order not to miss obscure, un- 

 obtrusive, and exceptional facts. 



4. We shall apply the day-to-day rule and other rules, the 

 simplest practicable case, and what we have learnt as to the 

 testing of divisions. 



5. Conclusions 27 and 28, relating to degree determination 

 and dialectical procedure, will be followed. 



6. We shall strive after luminous clearness and decided defi- 

 niteness in thinking. 



7. We shall do methodically full justice to the collected rules 

 referring to generalisation, deduction, and application. 



8. Lastly, we shall not forget systematic verification, classifi- 

 cation, balanced interim and final statements, and a lucid report. 



By following the threefold method above suggested, we en- 

 sure a comprehensive and thorough investigation of any subject, 

 and this without excessive reliance on fortuitously arisen ideas 

 and without colossal waste of time and energy, as is commonly 

 the case. Familiarity with the contents of the volume would 

 soon render recourse to it almost unnecessary. 



IV. FOURTH ILLUSTRATION. 



103. In sundry other series of enquiries a large provi- 

 sional hypothesis might be also formulated after adequate pre- 

 liminary examination, although there may be as a rule no hope 



