CHAPTER VI. 



THE REIGN OF LAW IN THE REALM OF MIND. 



\T 7 HEN we pass from the phenomena of 

 Matter to the phenomena of Mind we 

 do not pass from under the Reign of Law. Here, 

 too, facts do range themselves in an observed 

 Order: here, too, there is a chain of cause and 

 effect running throughout all events : here, too, 

 we see around us, and feel within us, the work of 

 Forces which have always a certain definite ten- 

 dency to produce certain definite results : here, too, 

 it is by combination and adjustment among these 

 Forces that they are mutually held in check : 

 here, too, accordingly, special ends can only be 

 accomplished by the use of special means. 



But then the question immediately occurs to 

 us — can we speak of Law, or of Force, or of 

 " cause and effect," as applied to the phenomena 

 of Mind, in the same sense in which we speak of 



