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FACULTIES OF THE MIND. ek 
same time,—and, last of all, multiplying with an increase 
of population,—we feel overwhelmed with the incompre- 
hensible phenomena which it presents, and admit the suita- 
bleness of an expression of our Divine Master, when ap- 
plied to the present case, ‘‘ Ye know not what manner of 
spirit ye are of.” 
When we attentively examine the peculiarities of the 
mental powers, they appear to admit of distribution ito 
two classes, and several subordinate divisions. These class- 
es we term the intellectual and instinctive, and now proceed 
to give a detail of them characters. 
In the illustrations which are here offered on the mental 
phenomena, I have given the result of the observations 
which I have made upon my own mind, and the sentient 
objects around me, without being influenced by the receiv- 
ed systems of philosophy. It would be of great advantage 
to moral science, were individuals to study the conditions 
of their own minds, and observe the phenomena which are 
so accessible, instead of hastily subscribing to the tenets of 
a particular school, or yielding to the influence of question- 
able authority. The various results from different minds 
could thus be compared, discordant statements submitted 
to more rigorous scrutiny, and the number and nature of 
the attributes of mind more satisfactorily established. 
I. InrevtectuaL Powers. 
1. FacunTigs oF THE MIND.—In order to enable the 
mind to become acquainted with the objects which produce 
an impression on the senses, certain conditions are necessary. 
The organs of perception must be kept steadily towards 
them a sufficient length of time, that they may be examine 
