LECTURE It. Q5 



So intimate, indeed, is the connection 

 as to impose on us the opinion of their 

 identity. The body springs and bounds 

 as though its inert fabric were alive ; yet 

 have we good reasons for believing that 

 life is distinct from organization. The 

 mind and the actions of life affect each 

 other. Failure or disturbance of the ac- 

 tions of life prevent or disturb our feel- 

 ings, and enfeeble, perplex, or distract our 

 intellectual operations. The mind equally 

 affects the actions of life, and thus influ- 

 ences the whole body. Terror seems to 

 palsy all its parts, whilst contrary emotions 

 cause the limbs to struggle, and become 

 contracted from energy. Now, though 

 these facts may countenance the idea of 

 the identity of mind and life, yet have we 

 good reasons for believing that they are 

 perfectly distinct. Whilst, therefore, on 

 the one hand, I feel interested in oppugn- 

 ing those physiological opinions which 

 tend to confound life with organization, I 

 would, on the other, equally oppose those 

 which confound perception and intelligence 

 with mere vitality. 



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