﻿ATTENDING 
  THE 
  EXERCISE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SENSES. 
  535 
  

  

  means 
  to 
  ends. 
  If 
  not, 
  then 
  this 
  inference 
  must 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  fact 
  

   of 
  the 
  observation 
  of 
  sudden 
  and 
  striking 
  change 
  introducing 
  into 
  the 
  mind 
  the 
  

   notion 
  of 
  a 
  " 
  Power 
  that 
  can 
  create 
  ;" 
  and 
  I 
  cannot 
  conceive 
  that 
  the 
  notion 
  

   arising 
  in 
  the 
  mind 
  from 
  the 
  contemplation 
  of 
  these 
  circumstances, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  

   here 
  expressed 
  by 
  that 
  term, 
  excludes 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  Arbitrary 
  Will. 
  If 
  it 
  includes 
  

   that 
  idea, 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  correctly 
  expressed 
  by 
  the 
  definition 
  given 
  by 
  Dr 
  Brown 
  

   of 
  Power, 
  which 
  he 
  allowed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  simple 
  idea, 
  formed 
  by 
  intuition, 
  but 
  was 
  at 
  

   great 
  pains 
  to 
  prove 
  to 
  mean 
  merely 
  " 
  Invariable 
  Sequence, 
  having 
  reference 
  not 
  

   only 
  to 
  the 
  past, 
  but 
  to 
  every 
  future 
  case." 
  {Observations 
  on 
  Cause 
  and 
  Effect, 
  

   p. 
  101.) 
  I 
  cannot 
  help 
  thinking, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  this 
  illustration 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   establish 
  the 
  reality 
  of 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  Absolute 
  Power, 
  or 
  of 
  Efficient 
  Cause, 
  as 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  Physical, 
  which 
  was 
  maintained 
  by 
  Reid 
  and 
  Stewart, 
  but 
  

   contested 
  by 
  Brown. 
  This 
  criticism 
  of 
  Morell, 
  therefore, 
  I 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  justly 
  

   applicable 
  to 
  Brown, 
  but 
  certainly 
  not 
  to 
  either 
  of 
  his 
  predecessors. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  principle 
  stated 
  by 
  Morell 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  neglected 
  by 
  the 
  Scottish 
  

   School 
  of 
  Metaphysicians, 
  is 
  so 
  beautifully 
  expressed 
  by 
  himself, 
  that 
  I 
  cannot 
  help 
  

   quoting 
  his 
  words. 
  The 
  principle 
  in 
  question, 
  he 
  says, 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  comment 
  " 
  on 
  

   the 
  scriptural 
  doctrine, 
  that 
  in 
  God 
  we 
  live 
  and 
  move 
  and 
  have 
  our 
  being. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  truth 
  which 
  has 
  more 
  meaning 
  in 
  it 
  than 
  the 
  cursory 
  reading 
  of 
  it 
  gives 
  

   us 
  ; 
  it 
  evidently 
  has 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  mysterious 
  dependence 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  spirit 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Divine, 
  shewing 
  us 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  all 
  emanations 
  from 
  the 
  Divine 
  Essence, 
  

   and 
  although 
  gifted 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  personality, 
  yet 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  but 
  waves 
  in 
  the 
  

   great 
  ocean 
  of 
  existence, 
  ever 
  rolling 
  onwards 
  to 
  our 
  eternal 
  home." 
  — 
  (Morell, 
  

   vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  72.) 
  

  

  Now 
  if 
  the 
  doctrine 
  of 
  Reid 
  and 
  Stewart 
  really 
  excluded 
  from 
  the 
  reflections 
  

   of 
  the 
  metaphysician 
  so 
  elevating 
  and 
  consoling 
  a 
  train 
  of 
  thought 
  as 
  this, 
  we 
  

   might 
  regard 
  them 
  as 
  truly 
  and 
  lamentably 
  defective 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  confidently 
  main- 
  

   tain, 
  that 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  necessary 
  is 
  to 
  let 
  the 
  mind 
  dwell 
  for 
  a 
  little 
  on 
  the 
  principle 
  

   of 
  Intuitive 
  Perception 
  of 
  Truth, 
  illustrated 
  by 
  them 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  Brown, 
  

   and 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  it, 
  on 
  the 
  facts 
  regarding 
  our 
  mental 
  constitution 
  which 
  

   they 
  have 
  explained, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  satisfied 
  of 
  the 
  truth 
  and 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  senti- 
  

   ment 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  quoted, 
  and 
  which, 
  indeed, 
  in 
  all 
  ages 
  has 
  suggested 
  itself 
  to 
  

   the 
  most 
  profound 
  thinkers 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  of 
  science. 
  

  

  " 
  Intuition 
  or 
  Inspiration," 
  says 
  Victor 
  Cousin. 
  " 
  is 
  in 
  all 
  languages 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  reflection 
  or 
  from 
  Reasoning. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  simple 
  perception 
  of 
  Truth 
  ; 
  I 
  mean 
  of 
  

   essential 
  and 
  fundamental 
  truths, 
  without 
  the 
  intervention 
  of 
  any 
  voluntary 
  or 
  

   personal 
  act. 
  This 
  intuition 
  does 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  us. 
  We 
  are 
  there, 
  when 
  the 
  act 
  is 
  

   performed 
  in 
  our 
  minds, 
  simply 
  as 
  spectators, 
  not 
  as 
  agents 
  ; 
  all 
  our 
  action 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  consciousness 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  going 
  on. 
  Our 
  perception 
  of 
  simple 
  

   and 
  primary 
  truths 
  may 
  be 
  separated, 
  therefore, 
  from 
  the 
  fallible 
  reason 
  of 
  man, 
  

   and 
  referred 
  to 
  that 
  Reason 
  which 
  is 
  Universal, 
  Absolute, 
  Infallible, 
  and 
  Eter- 
  

  

  