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mind, which we may speak of as Nature's present 

 purpose. 



"The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the chil- 

 'dren's teeth are set on edge. As I live, saith the Lord 

 God, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb 

 in Israel. Behold all souls are mine, as the soul of 

 the father so also the soul of the son is mine. The 

 soul that sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel, xviii, 1-3. 



