New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-15
TEW-YokA DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY l5

come under l1e Gsa 81 sn6htaney. All tho events O
consconshess come under the idea Of cause ant
and pontaney Is very marked I'm The case Of cnns
INK Snect the force tand the strictly appi
certain amount Of chemical action which belongs 10
certain amount VI fuel and the fuel being given no more
ehe mea action goes before aud evolves the heat the
heat evolves certain amount Of steam the steam lends
goes directly to the labor ''G that is in hand
h mere IN, me force Is always in hand, and just
behind the eject going into the effect But In the
ofspontaney-t law OF the mind-the matter is en-
,rey reyeEF,d start proposition in Euclid there is
netc force whatsoever that bound to thoughts
ss 50 FAR into That proposition Spontaneously con.
virtue OF my mental weakness fail to into IT, But the
the mind pushing the mind up into the inquiry about
DEFINITE distance and there neither given amount
point or that can feel up TO my feelings in that
degree, and no further.
Take phrenoogy for Instance. There I, nothing
at all TO indicate TO tie that the brain
CONSCIOUS Of our brains than Of our hearts II the
is to label given projection on the 6ran
the human mind II he is TO label certain bump Dlen
aud hemast know il by looking into bis own conscious
ness. Then, finding that this is power of the mind.
which he fix his label This trying to minglo two
processes OF physical and intellectual inquiry has
as II we ali "ocated" for the same reason
one man does not emgrate because he is mid and an
lily ties, and so And might we'll cay that We
have bump for gong downtown because large
number go down daily, and that one class have
bump for going down town at TO- and another at o. and
another at ~ II We can say that given actions indicate
human minds TO 20 down town. and therefore there must
be some bump to cGrfespond by TINS Kind Of @
phrenoogst, before he can be prrenologis good Tor
anything, must be thorough philosopher he must have
Analysed tho mind completely and then. after in
quy lie may ask what portion of the brain finds eKer-
else iii this that power. man cannot phosophizc
save in connection with consciousness He can make
inquiry in the external world which will have the slight
est significance unless lie makes corresponding inquiry
as to what is taking place In his own mind.
LIFE AND THOUGHT FORCES.
Of events intellectual aud physical In connection with
thinking purely intellectual process there on
a series OF physical events, happening locally In onr
brains. What was really proved to you by my friend.
Prof Barker. few evenings since should hold that
exclusively. and that the word power" might DO al
vantageousy reserved for intellectual events that to
speak OF thoughtorce expecting to make 1t correlae
with any physical force whatsoever IN the bran such IA
heat electricity Is In entire contradiction to what has
were presented to You then there place for fe-
force or thoughtforce What was truly proved as IT
seemed to me. was that there certain circle OF phys
cal forces. which are complete themselves and re,
found which can be laid hoid Of physical
force. and which be called life force There IS
really correlation Of lfcforce with the other forces
So IN reference to thought force. those arguments
tend tho conclusion that there is circle OF physical
forces IN the BRAIN among which We id no recognition
Of distinct force, which can be called thought force
ana, SiOuiu NCtcf OOh ~ pace ~ space 10
lind hOUgh force. Snpposing Tat We stood at one end
of an ocean telegraph aud that the events there happen
ing represented to us by the physical events which
occur in the body connection with thought. and what
happens at the other end represents certain intellectual
events which keep constant time with the physical events
happening at our end OF the telegraph. We in
quire into these events and We mad per
feet circle OF them. and that every one, when
IL disappears, IL replaced by another. In the
OF the telegraph that would not be So but when you con
slider the BRAIN there Is nothing lost for there IS com
pete OF physical forces, without taking INTO con
federation any thOughtforce or liiCOTcc whatsoever
M. fu hose
and round without absolute on the part or any
one OF them that only TO show how perfectly
the force distinct FROM and alien TO- these
which represented by the phenomena OF the
body and the other end very distinct class OF events
known as the phenomena Of the mind. These phenomena
stand In some mysterious connection with the phe
nomena matter, but the phenomena OF maj are new
ertheless entirely complete IN themselves Inc Two are
distinct series OF events that run parallel one Win Tue
other but do not aud cannot discover TIE connection
between them The initiation Of action begins sometimes
side and sometimes on tho other' no" III tue
senses and now in tine intellect.
1HR SUPERIORITY OF MiND.
urge conclusion. thai tins view OF philosophy Il
inquiry and gus to science It's department II
says TO natural philosophy You may work with Tue
idea Of space ana the idea OF cause III SAYS TO ehd
philosophy, You may work under the notion OF con
seriousness and with the idea OF spohtihy Ana also
urge incidentally, that j. to mental science that
are yericatlun OF that acton OF nina ny
which the whole invisible world is reached. III We can
verify idea OF and effect, may We not also, Tor
o rgios puruOses verify the idea OF the infinite and
for everything with which To build up the frame
work of science. and shall We not claim Tor
ourselves the OF grasping ut the Infinite Source OF
all hingsi II pleasant indeed, by means OF the light
10 look the external world but II yet more pleasant
resolve the light itself into its first coors IL Is pleas
ant 10 mind in understanding what Is about u.s.
IL is pleasant TO understand NINA lseI anu
the powers by which establishes for Itself those pcrna
nent hopes without which all other possessions would DO
gf little avail