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memory. Of attention, Of the association
Of ideas, of the bilateral functions. o
rhythm and the time-sense. of space an,
time perceptions, and so on, have led t
tho development Of a mass Of ingeniou
apparatus, and have made the psycholog
ical ~labratory an indispensable requisit,
for its satisfactory instruction.
Morbid psychology is rubric Of par
amount Importance to the full and cleal
comprehension Of the phenomena Of
mind. The genesis of Illusions and hal
fluctuations, the perversion Of the natural
channels of the emotions, the disintegra.
ton Of the elements of personality, the
dissolution of the logical powers-all
these problems transform the apparently
wild and chaotic picture Of the mad
house into a sad but interesting record
OF the process of character and of mind
building. This interest is heightened by
remembering that here lies the key to
the understanding of the psychic cpl
denies that in the past have upset the
nationality of mankind, and transformed
the incoherent babbling of some de-
mented soul into the mysterious utter
ances of q revealed spirit. 1t is further
more heightened by the notice that the
phenomena conveniently grouped as
psychic research" are attracting, and
will attract.
Hypnotism. after an adventurous and
uncertain existence in the hands Of
has been admitted into
science; and although the literature of
the topic, at least in France, is increas-
ing out Of all proportion to our insight
into the nature Of the phenomenon, vet
enough has been established to recognize
n this semi-morbid condition the key to
he solution of many otherwise barely
accessible problems. With regard to
hose borderland phenomena = "tele-
"clairvoyance," and the like
hey illustrate the subtleness of the pro-
'ess by which false systems gain sue
'ess, and demonstrate the advisability Of
men who can speak on such
opics with the authority of trained ex-
What its yotaries have d~eseryedIy
ignifed into the science of "anthropo-
ogical psychology" offers a most attract
We field for research. The customs and
hought-habits of primitive peoples not
My record the first stages in the pro-
ress that leads to culture, but prevent
he formulation of notions that seem
rue enough when tested by QUIZ own
Utilization, but reveal the provinciality
their origin when applied to more
conditions of life.
Ii We conclude this survey with the
of the psychology of the deyel-
ping child, glimpsing as it does, in the !
udding capabilities of the infant, the
of the race and an epitome of
le struggle for civilization, it is not be- c
luse the lines Of research have been ex- J
austed, but that, with the scope of the 8
hence thus outlined, what remains to !
done will probably be suggested by :
hat has been said. The psychology of b
10 infant is not the only point at which d
Iychology and education touch; but +
'erywhere education must refer to a
ychology, Of which, in the highest I,
nse, it is only the practical applica- o
On. a..- .. IL o
The new movement does not attempt 4
usurp the place held by other studies, :
cept as it is an advance upon them; it
es not pose as the only department of
ilosophic learning. Its professors o
We fortunately been men of liberal Il
npathies, and deeply imbued with the p ?
sense. They do not claim to q
We created a science entirely new, :,
ique and undreamt of, but appreciate CT
'lr development from the past. Their e
n is to retain for the study of mental "
ence that high place which has always
N accorded it, by making it progress G,
and abreast of modern learning.