LECTURE II. 91 



original dispositions and talents which 

 certain individuals possess, must either 

 be ascribed to original qualities of mind 

 or to causes which may produce them. 

 To me, who think it absurd to suppose 

 that perception and volition are the result 

 of organization, or an affection of mere 

 life, and consequently who believe them 

 to be properties of something distinct, it 

 is even pleasing to perceive how any thing 

 essentially perceptive and possessing con- 

 sciousness and volition as the natural and 

 seemingly necessary adjuncts of perception 

 may be variously affected, and consequently 

 prone to certain actions. To me, the 

 plurality of our senses has always appeared 

 a strong argument for the individuality of 

 mind. I see, I hear, I am variously affected. 

 I am more delighted with the objects I 

 behold, or more charmed with the melody 

 I hear. 



If Doctors Gall and Spurzheim tell us, 

 that in consequence of certain conformations 

 of our brains, we have propensities, such as 

 brutes also possess, productive of good or evil 



