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point of view, each mind might come to mirror all things, physi- 
cal or mental, and each from its own special point of reflection. 
Such a duplication of the conditions of the universe would be the 
necessary result of the infinite Rees of the relations of the 
mind of man to external nature. | 
The mode in which the thought constituents of the eid pre- 
sent themselves to consciousness strongly point to the above con~» 
clusion. We seem to become conscious of the existence of a 
caunterpart, within our minds, of the universe, so far as we have 
come into rapport with it. There lie the forms surrounding us, 
the trees, houses, plains, mountains, &c., down to their smallest 
details, and each in its appropriate relation, alike of force and of 
position, to the others, With extended knowledge we gaina 
mental picture of the whole earth, with its diversity-of natural 
Scenery, its continents and oceans, its empires, cities and inhabi- 
tants, human and brute. The geological conditions of its surface 
are similarly apparent to us, and the deeper regions, so far as we 
are aware of their conditions. The intermotions and connecting 
forces and principles of these objects also form part of the men- 
tal reproduction.. None of us have ever seen the whole of this 
picture. It has been mainly.conveyed to our minds as a reflec- 
tion from images present to other minds. Yet if we wish to see 
the earth we have but to look into the depths of our minds, and 
there we behold it, with all its parts arranged in their due order and 
telation. The mental universe of man is far more extensive than 
this. It stretches downward to include the minutest forms. We 
can even perceive the excessively minute atoms going through 
their endless.dance, and the vibrations of the ether as radiations. 
of light and heat run swiftly through it. It stretches upward to 
include the mightiest forms, the revolving planets and shining 
Suns, each with its peculiar motions and attractive vigor. To see 
all this we do not need to look around us. We have but to look 
into our minds, into which it has entered and organized itself. 
The whole or a part may be seen at will, often falsely perhaps, 
from imperfect conceptions, but there lies our visible universe as 
it appears to our eyes, has arisen through the exercise of our rea- 
Son, ar has come to us at second hand from the eyes and minds 
of others, 
- We may, for instance, call up the memory of atree. If we 
campare this image with- = visual image of an actual tree there 
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