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II. Development of the Mind 



The development of the mind parallels that 

 of the body: whatever the ultimate relations 

 of the mind and body may be, there can be no 

 reasonable doubt that the two develop together 

 from the germ. It is a curious fact that many 

 people who are seriously disturbed by scientific 

 teachings as to the evolution or gradual de- 

 velopment of the human race accept with 

 equanimity the universal observation as to the 

 development of the human individual, — mind 

 as well as body. The animal ancestry of the 

 race is surely no more disturbing to philosophi- 

 cal and religious beliefs than the germinal 

 origin of the individual, and yet the latter is a 

 fact of universal observation which can not be 

 relegated to the domain of hypothesis or 

 theory, and which can not be successfully de- 

 nied. If we admit the fact of the develop- 

 ment of the entire individual, surely it matters 

 little to our philosophical or religious beliefs 

 to admit the development or evolution of the 

 race. 



The origin of the mind, or rather of the 



