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forces where otherwise they could not exist — thus ful- 

 filling his purposes. And so it is the prerogative of 

 mind to interfere with the course of events, and this 

 in conformity with nature's laws. 



We cannot say that the creation of the mind of 

 man by the Supreme Intelligence would be an 

 interference with the laws of nature. To crown 

 the earth with a ruling intelligence capable of high 

 attainments is the one thing which above all else 

 could give meaning to creation. The accomplish- 

 ment of this highest purpose, by which a new quality 

 of existence was introduced into the earth, could only 

 be done by a special act of the intelligent, creative 

 Power. 



We are driven to this conclusion not only by our 

 inability to explain the evolution of man's mind from 

 the powers of the lower animals, but also by the fact 

 that we cannot explain mind in terms of the physical 

 factors in the universe. 



If we attempt to account for mind by physical 

 agencies alone, we are confined to matter, ether and 

 force. The only known effect of force upon matter 

 and ether is to impart motion to them. Given, atoms 

 and molecules in motion^ can we derive the phenom- 

 ena of mind? Is mind simply matter in motion? Is 

 the conscious Ego equivalent to moving molecules? 

 Are reason, memory, will, love and all mental powers 

 simply molecules in motion? Evidently to ask these 

 questions is to answer them. We can see no resem- 

 blance between memory and heat, or between reason 

 and electricity, or between imagination and gravity. 

 When one physical force is converted into another, as 

 heat into electricity, light, or mechanical motion, 

 there is always a definite qualitative and quantitative 

 relation between them, but we cannot affirm that any 



