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another of the humble doings of the animalcule, 

 whose home is a water-drop and whose existence 

 can be discovered by human senses only by the 

 aid of instruments. 



10. Mind has evolved because the universe has 

 evolved. Whether mind is a part of the universe, 

 or all of it, or only an attribute of it, it is, in any 

 case, inextricably mixed up with it. And, since the 

 universe as a whole has evolved, it is improbable 

 that any part of it or anything pertaining to it 

 has remained impassive to the general tendency. 

 There are no solids. Nothing stands. The whole 

 universe is in a state of fluidity. Even the 

 ' eternal hills,' the ' unchanging continents,' and 

 the ' everlasting stars,' are flowing, flowing ever, 

 slowly but ceaselessly, from form to form. So 

 is mind. Indeed, if there is anywhere in the folds 

 of creation a being such as the one whom man 

 has long accused of having brought the universe 

 into existence, we may rest assured that even he 

 is not sitting passively apart from the enormous 

 enterprise which he has himself inaugurated. 



The evidence is conclusive. The evolution of 

 mind is supported by a series of facts not less 

 incontrovertible and convincing than that by 

 which physical evolution is established. The 

 data of mental evolution are not quite so definite 

 and plentiful as those of physical evolution. But 

 this is due to the greater intangibility of mental 

 phenomena and to the backward condition of the 

 psychological sciences, especially of comparative 

 psychology. Mental phenomena are always more 



