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that the nearest conception we can ever have of 

 Force is derived from our own consciousness of 

 vital power. 



If these conclusions be true, it follows that, 

 whether as regards that in which Force in itself 

 consists, or as regards the conditions under which 

 Force is used, it need not surprise us if in passing 

 from the material world to the world of Mind, we 

 see that Law, in the same sense, prevails in the 

 phenomena of both. But as this is a subject of 

 much difficulty, and of much importance, it may 

 be well to examine it a little nearer. 



The first and most palpable form in which we 

 see that Mind is subject to Law, is in its connexion 

 with the Body. And this connexion is so close that 

 we know neither where it begins nor where it ends. 

 The extent and nature of it can only be known by 

 the same kind of reasoning and observation by 

 which we attain to any knowledge of the external 

 world. For indeed our Bodies seem part of the ex- 

 ternal world to us. We see their form as we see 

 the form of other things, but we do not see their 

 structure, neither do we feel it, nor can we arrive 

 at it, except as a matter of obscure and difficult 



