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power that gives him dominion over all of these. 

 By this power he can outstrip the swiftest flight 

 of the deer, and fly above the highest soaring of 

 the eagle. And this power resides not in his 

 body, but in the marvellous activity we call his 

 mind. 



That it is which frees him to an extent from the 

 fetters cast upon him by the limitations of the 

 body. And, his intellect having reached a devel- 

 opment far beyond that of any other creature, we 

 find life in the human being reaching out in new 

 directions. The purely physical desires cease to 

 be all-powerful, — the body is under the control of 

 the mind ; instead of being governed by external 

 and accidental circumstances, it is to a new and 

 marvellous extent subject to the intellect. 



By this powerfully developed mental function 

 has the human race been separated from all other 

 life. 



Man ceases to be only an animal, he becomes 

 something more ; he becomes a iiihid with a phys- 

 ical body as an organ of expression, instead of 

 being a body with a dawning mind. 



With the development of the mind the vital 

 functions are also put upon a different plane. 

 Hunger is no longer a mere animal craving for 

 food, to be appeased at the first opportunity of 

 satisfying it. It is subordinate to laws of various 

 kinds, — not nature's laws any longer, but mind's 

 laws. The higher type of man will starve rather 



