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life principle�察�the power which causes psychical change�察�which makes the 



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individual something distinct from all other individuals�察�a being capable of 

proving sufficient�察�if need be�察�unto himself�察�which shows itself�察�in short�察�as 

individuality。      This is not a mere restatement of the case�察�for individuality 

is an objective fact capable of being treated by physical science。                  And as 

we    know     much    more     at  present   about    physical    facts  than   we   do   of 

psychological problems�察�we may be able to arrive the sooner at solution。 

     Individuality�察�personality�察�and the sense of self are only three different 

aspects of one and the same thing。              They are so many various views of 

the   soul   according   as   we   regard   it   from   an   intrinsic�察  �an   altruistic�察  �or   an 

egoistic     standpoint。      For    by   individuality     is  not   meant     simply    the 

isolation in a corporeal casing of a small portion of the universal soul of 

mankind。       So far as mind goes�察�this would not be individuality at all�察�but 

the reverse。     By individuality we mean that bundle of ideas�察�thoughts�察�and 

daydreams which constitute our separate identity�察�and by virtue of which 

we feel each one of us at home within himself。                  Now man in his mind´ 

development        is  bound     to  become     more     and   more    distinct   from    his 

neighbor。      We     can   hardly   conceive     a  progress    so   uniform    as   not  to 

necessitate   this。    It   would   be   contrary   to   all   we   know   of   natural   law�察�

besides   contradicting   daily   experience。        For   each   successive   generation 

bears unmistakable testimony  to the fact。              Children of the same   parents 

are never exactly like either their parents or one another�察�and they  often 

differ amazingly from both。           In such instances they revert to type�察�as we 

say�察�but inasmuch as the race is steadily advancing in development�察�such 

reversion must resemble that of an estate which has been greatly improved 

since its previous possession。          The appearance of the quality is really the 

sprouting of a seed whose original germ was in some sense coeval with 

the beginning of things。         This mind´seed takes root in some cases and not 

in others�察�according to the soil it finds。          And as certain traits develop and 

others    do   not�察 �one   man    turns   out   very   differently   from   his   neighbor。 

Such     inevitable    distinction    implies   furthermore      that  the   man   shall   be 

sensible of it。     Consciousness is the necessary attribute of mental action。 

Not   only   is   it   the   sole   way   we   have   of   knowing   mind�察  �without   it   there 

would be no mind to know。            Not to be conscious of one's self is�察�mentally 

speaking�察�not to be。         This complex entity�察�this little cosmos of a world�察�



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the    ;I�察─ �has    for  its  very    law   of   existence     self´consciousness�察      �while 

personality is the effect it produces upon the consciousness of others。 

     But we may push our inquiry a step further�察�and find in imagination 

the   cause   of   this   strange   force。   For   imagination�察  �or   the   image´making 

faculty�察�may in a certain sense be said to be the creator of the world within。 

The   separate   senses   furnish   it   with   material�察  �but   to   it   alone   is   due   the 

building of our castles�察�on premises of fact or in the air。                 For there is no 

impassable        gulf    between       the    two。      Coleridge's       distinction      that 

imagination   drew   possible   pictures   and   fancy   impossible   ones�察  �is   itself�察�

except as a classification�察�an impossible distinction to draw�察�for it is only 

the inconceivable that can never be。             All else is purely a matter of relation。 

We may instance dreams which are usually considered to rank among the 

most   fanciful   creations  of   the   mind。      Who   has   not in his   dreams   fallen 

repeatedly from giddy heights and invariably escaped unhurt�拭                       �If he had 

attempted the feat in his waking moments he would assuredly have been 

dashed to pieces at the bottom。             And so we say the thing is impossible。 

But is it�拭    �Only under the relative conditions of his mass and the earth's。 

If the world he happens to inhabit were not its present size�察�but the size of 

one   of    the   tinier  asteroids�察  �no   such   disastrous     results   would    follow    a 

chance      misstep。    He   could    there   walk   off   precipices    when     too  closely 

pursued   by  bears   if   I   remember   rightly  the   usual   childish   cause   of   the 

same with perfect impunity。            The bear could do likewise�察�unfortunately。 

We should have arrived at our conclusion even quicker had we decreased 

the size both of the man and his world。                He would not then have had to 

tumble actually so far�察�and would therefore have arrived yet more gently at 

the foot。     This turns out�察�then�察�to be a mere question of size。                  Decrease 

the scale of the picture�察�and the impossible becomes possible at once。                     All 

fancies are not so easily reducible to actual facts as the one we have taken�察�

but   all�察  �perhaps�察  �eventually   may   be   explicable   in   the   same   general   way。 

At    present    we   certainly   cannot     affirm   that   anything     may   not   be   thus 

explained。      For the actual is widening its field every day。                Even in this 

little world of our own we are daily discovering to be fact what we should 

have   thought   fiction�察  �like   the   sailor's   mother   the   tale   of   the   flying   fish。 

Beyond it our ken is widening still more。               Gulliver's travels may turn out 



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truer than we think。        Could we traverse the inter´planetary ocean of ether�察�

we might eventually find in Jupiter the land of Lilliput or in Ceres some 

old´time country of the  Brobdignagians。 For men constituted   muscularly 

like ourselves would have to be proportionately small in the big planet and 

big in the small one。 Still stranger things may exist around other suns。                  In 

those  bright   particular  starswhich   the little   girl   thought   pinholes   in   the 

dark   canopy   of   the   sky   to   let   the   glory   beyond   shine   throughwe   are 

finding conditions of existence like yet unlike those we already know。                    To 

our   groping   speculations   of   the   night   they   almost   seem�察  �as   we   gaze   on 

them     in  their   twinkling�察   �to  be   winking     us  a  sort   of  comprehension。 

Conditions      may    exist   there   under    which    our   wildest   fancies    may    be 

commonplace facts。          There may be 

         ;Some   Xanadu   where   Kublai   can                a   stately   pleasure   dome 

decree�察─�

     and carry out his conceptions to his own disillusionment�察�perhaps。 For 

if the embodiment of a fancy�察�however complete�察�left nothing further to be 

wished�察     �imagination      would    have    no    incentive    to   work。    Coleridge's 

distinction     does    very   well    to  separate�察   �empirically�察   �certain    kinds   of 

imaginative concepts from certain others�察�but it has no real foundation in 

fact。    Nor presumably did he mean it to have。               But it serves�察�not inaptly�察�

as a text to point out an important scientific truth�察�namely�察�that there are 

not two such qualities of the mind�察�but only one。              For otherwise we might 

have supposed the fact too evident to need mention。                   Imagination is the 

single source of the new�察�the one mainspring of psychical advance�察�reason�察�

like a balance´wheel�察�only keeping the action regular。 For reason is but the 

touchstone of experience�察�our own�察�inherited�察�or acquired from others。                     It 

compares what we   imagine with what   we know�察�and gives us answer in 

terms of the here and the now�察�which we call the actual。                 But the actual is 

really nothing but the local。        It does not mark the limits of the possible。 

     That imagination has been the moving spirit of the psychical world is 

evident�察  �whatever   branch   of   human   thought   we   are   pleased   to   examine。 

We are in the habit�察�in common parlance�察�of making a distinction between 

the search after truth and the sear
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