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world, would exceed the purpose of this paper. The pic- 

 ture presented is one of manifold sensation, impression, 

 record and adaptive growth, from birth to adult life. The 

 coherent mass of neurons stands all-cognizant about a 

 common axis of self-consciousness ; for sentience like the 

 other attributes of universal matter, displays polarity. A 

 more detailed account of how personality develops, grows 

 to its zenith prime, and wanes in " old age " toward the 

 dark nadir of extinction, is reserved for the future. 



In extreme " old age " there is in truth little left of the 

 " soul " to save, either by divine intervention, or human 

 achievement. Personality has indeed become but a 

 " shade " of its former self, a feeble, lambent corpse-light, 

 flickering to its cessation. It is the cell-neurons which 

 need a reincarnation ; personality would theh up-brighten 

 again as when oil is renewed in a burned-out lamp. 



The cell-neurons of the great highly developed brain- 

 colony will continue to shrink in senescence and lose the 

 power to maintain personality, until such time as we dis- 

 cover how to regenerate them in situ. Such is the present 

 human situation. Is it not better to face this situation 

 bravely, and start afresh in our quest for immortal life oh 

 the firm ground of natural salvation ? 



And are we really worthy of immortal life, would it be 

 best for us, until we can achieve it for ourselves ? 



Nor is the achievement superhuman. In the next an- 

 nual edition of this publication (1906) we shall attempt 



