davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1893-03-18
Rehec tions for Family Reading.
March 18th.

There are three essentials in every
human being, yet he is one being
This will not be denied. We find in
him an inmost, middle and an out
most i. e., an end, a cause, and an
effect The end is the inmest, the
cause is the middle, and the effect the
outmost or ultimate. Man has souL
which is the inmtost principle, a body
or middle principle, and an activity
or ultimate principle. In his soul are
ends, or motions to action, in his body
are causes or ways and means of action
and in his life are effects or actions
themselves. If either were wanting he
could not be man; for take away his
soul, and his body would perish or die,
for want of first principle to live
from; take away his body and his soul
could not act in the natural world, for
want of a suitably organized instru-
ment. Take away his life or the activ-
ity of his body from his soul, and body
would cease to exist for lack of exer-
else. In other words, man consists of
ariU, or inmost, understanding or in
termediate, and activity or ultimate.
It is evident, that without 'Cilling his
unders tanding would never think, and
devise means of acting, without under
standing, his will, could not effect its
purpose, and without action-that will
ling and understanding would be of no
use This brief inquiry may be little
metaphysical in its trend of thought
but will be found to be correct sum :
marizing of man as he is, in his srela-
tiOn to til is life.