Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-31

A'Sa dS IgOUnIieSN theTe lS IGu somewhere in this region of assumed, n faiTiy argued. conclusions. That 0ur na u ral bodies are merely the clothing of or ms chlneS by which our spiritual and re,lI substantial h'dieS act in the material worl, ] think may be true. What i> your opin ion. Miss Gray? You have, dou blleSS a Jour mind i> highly philosophical. though a sood deal oa this deeply interesting sub ject.'
 The young lady was cornered again. an, had to own that her reading and habits Q thinking had never led her to look a, ,hi subject
 Tt is highly interesting one,' resumes the doctor; none, in fact, can ne more so For ages the connection hetWeet >p.r.t and matter has remained a problem; anl ihi. 1 problem, as time advances, We hecome more and more anxious to solve. But am wan. dering frsn wha, had in eaded saying menli iJned the writer in the review You are aware, of course. that sensation has a!- ways been supposed tD reside in ,he skin or entmoSt and extreme par> of the bo ly - This strangely enough, is denied by the wri- ter alu'lei to. Feeling, he says. is in the sensorium; the percep ion of this in the skin That is, when lay my hand upon an object, it is my brain. not my hand that :eelS it's form. My hand, seems, it is true, to feel, but this he argues is only an appear ance. In the brain, he says, there is an ep- itome of the whole man. In fact, that the man resides in the senSorium, as to the mi. nutest particulars, and merely communicates with the external world by means of the ex lernal senses, which make no part of the man really. The type of the hand, he says, is in the brain. or rather, the mans real hand is in the brain, and this is the hand tha. feels when the physical appendages to the body bearing the same name come in contact with any object, and appears to feel. This is his main position, and he br ngS in the fact that after a man has lost his hand he still feels the hand to be in the same plat e, as one Oi i;s rroCCs'
 "A very SinSu al position, certainly, Miss Gray remarked, with an air OtaSSu:ned con tiieuce. but She was not suffered to re- main a, her ease long. Doctor Philips saw that his etiOrt to pnu.s ani humble the blue was thus far completely successful, and he did not mean to stop u"tl his revenge was complete. Gradually he went deeper, and in.rpiu:e'i subjects appertaining to nu- man physiology, yet managed ln keep them sufficiently free rom leclificallies io ena bIe any one to comprehend them. aud even to ioln in the conversation with interest, if even Sma,tering of anatomy had been ac. quired. But Miss Gray had not even a s.nailering on the subject, and she was com pelled to expose her ignorance at every tIrn.
 With the moAt cOnSummate tact aud coolnesS did the young physician co!.t.nue to worry his cum, Tor iuii an. At,tir, aud he did il with so muEn apparent good hunlor and unc0nsciLusneSS. that sue dared moi show any symptoms or being offended. She | underStUpd,s too, his meauing fully, and fell hunlbled. More especially was lhlS the caSe afterwards, when sober relleCliun rame aud she saw how easy il was for iMy one lu direct his or her mind 10 a particular course | of reading and study, aud thence be nabied to put iD the blush anolheI who had devoted al equal time to study, but in d'iiers"' de pATtn.enl of knowledge.
 As for tie auditors who were present ou- ring the conversation, they were delighted. MiS>,;raJ habit of v'ctimiE ng every young man who venlured to converse win her was we'll known, and had been carried SD far that almost every one felt outraged. The incident soon became kr.Own through lhe village, and Doctor Philips was conSratul.' ted on all hands He had fought the con. cei,ed fair one with her own weapons, and completely di>comf,ed her.
 For time, Phebe Gray was terribly mol lified Bu, she had some good sense left and this kep, her from running away f'on Flo. aville.
 Many weeks did not elapse before the doc tor and Miss Gray again met, and as or former occasions, in company. So comple tt had been the discontinue of the young h. dy. and so marked had been the effect upor her, that Doctor Philips halt-regre,Ied ths xeve, i,y of the lesson he had lt, compelled to teach h"r. His victory had saiiated him and he was disposed 10 submit to the los: of few of the laurels he had gained, in or der to let the young lady recover in som' measure the self atisiactiOn she had lost : But Miss Gray felt no disposition to meas ure swords again with So S.illful an antsS OniSt
 1 They met, and all wai,el with interes to hear the commencement Of another wOT dy war. But all were disappointed. Tn young lady was reserved and polite, and $ was lhe young physician. Neither in,rodu ced subjects, except of common interest, an on ,h, se they ccnversed without any effor a, display. Upol the whole, Doctor Phil ips was pleased with the interview. an Miss Gray was no otherwise affected.
 Soon afterwards they met again and part ed not only pleased with the interview, hu pleased with each other. After this the me, more frequently, whether hy design q not canno, he said; hut this was certain Doctor Philips read few hours every wee on subjects ot general literature. and Mis- Gray few hours every day on scientifi subjects, and those relating especially 10 an imal and vegetable physiology.
 I It was not long before people began look at each other knowingly, when th young lady wss seen on the ductor's arr , or the doctor seated by the Iady's side Certainly, they had become quite intimal iu the space of few months.
 This intimacy steadily increased, un,i the doctor veninred tO make p'op'sals of . very serious nature. A malicious spiri whi spcIe ed in the lady'S ear, that now was th