New Britain herald., 1919-10-01

ti.o will is so closely united to our lr- tellect that we can scarcely conceive of any separation between them, they are really entirely distinct, the will, without the intellect, acting by a sort of wisdom all it's own wholly incom- prohcnsiblc to man.
 When we reach the low level of in- organic nature, where there is neither life nor intelligence, how astonishing to find a will expressing it's fears and lcrginRs even there! A pebble dropped from the hand falls to the ground, drawn irresistibly by the attraction or gravitation. Struck by larger mass than it's own, the pebble rolls away; for it is a law that "every nature seeks it's own conservation" If its impene- inability, which in the pebble stands in lieu of fear, did not make 1t SKID out of the way of the larger mass the pebble would, of course, be crushed.
 In crystals the desire of a will re- siding within them is much more
 
 of specialization, which IS the lh' variable seeking to attain certalH form, is analogous to mornehlary seeking for life. It is as If the crys' tai making this effort failed to atIalh 10 life solely because it's leap into form was arrested by the sudden rigidity which seized upon it ana also Because it lacked the cellular lnteSu' ment by which all organic growth IS protected.
 A striking illustration of will man Hesitation in inorganic bodies Is TUT nisled by piece of moistened cop per eXposeI to the air in which there is considerable carbonic acid. III thlS case the natural affinity of the copper for oxygen is enhanced by the pres ence of the carbonic acld' WILL which it quickly combines, forming upon the metal a green coating or car bonate of copper. But If you touch the copper with a piece of iron when if is exposed to the air the electrlcal condition created by this contact Will rob the copper of it's atllnlt. TOT oxveen and its surface will remain froo from the green carbonate coating.
 Self-Acquaintance Is Hard
 The presence of the iron acts upon the copper in the same way as .reater of two motives would act upon o man In each case the stronger af- Anitv serves to divert attention from what would ordinarily attract. Ihe difference is that in the man we call the attraction a motive, which IS put another name for cause Whlch mas gone through brain, while Tn the cop nar the attraction acts directly upon tho will and is called a cause. Ana another difference is that in all cases where the acts are elicited by causes nroperlv so called, which is the case in all mechanical, chemical and cleo trical phenomena, the effects can all ways be predicted with mathematicai precision: whereas when the causes first pass through brain, especially a human brain, with its myriad percep- tions distractions, prejudices and often hallucinations, one can never KNOW WIldI lnS SllSCI 10 EbllAS bO w. So true is this that it is only after many years of experience that any person can know just about how his will is likely to react under any cir cumstances at all. People who con- slider themselves above reproaCh in matters of mine and thine" are often astonished to discover their will yielding to a dishonorable or even dishonest motive.
 It is this capricious power, the will, which we have now traced throughitse manifold manifestations in man and brute, in plants, in crystals, in all the elemental forces, including those which hold the planets in their course, in the greatest and in the smallest bodies-it is this will that controls the elective affinities which determine the production of colors. It is this self same capricious will that drives the bull wild when it sees red, and elicits the most conflicting emotions in the breasts of men under the influence of this color or of that one.
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