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himself     to   be  led�察  �began    to   take   a  lively   interest   in  his   own    self´ 

improvement�察�while the Buddhist�察�from a former apathetic acquiescence in 

the doctrine of the universally illusive�察�set to work energetically towards 

self´extinction。      Curious labor for a mind�察�that of devoting all its strength 

to   the   thinking    itself  out   of  existence�     �Not   content    with   being    born 

impersonal�察�a Far Oriental is constantly striving to make himself more so。 

     We have seen�察�then�察�how in trying to understand these peoples we are 

brought face to face with impersonality in each of those three expressions 

of the human soul�察�speech�察�thought�察�yearning。                 We have looked at them 

first from a social standpoint。          We have seen how singularly little regard 

is paid the individual from his birth to his death。                How he lives his life 

long   the   slave   of   patriarchal   customs   of   so   puerile   a   tendency   as   to   be 

practically impossible to a people really grown up。                  How he practises a 

wholesale system of adoption sufficient of itself to destroy any surviving 

regard for the ego his other relations might have left。                 How in his daily 

life   he   gives   the   minimum   of   thought   to   the   bettering   himself   in   any 

worldly sense�察�and the maximum of polite consideration to his neighbor。 

How�察�in short�察�he acts toward himself as much as possible as if he were 

another�察  �and   to   that   other   as   if   he   were   himself。  Then�察  �not   content   with 

standing stranger like upon the threshold�察�we have sought to see the soul 

of their civilization in its intrinsic manifestations。             We have pushed our 

inquiry�察�as it were�察�one step nearer its home。             And the same trait that was 

apparent   sociologically   has   been   exposed   in   this   our   antipodal   phase   of 

psychical   research。   We   have   seen   how   impersonal   is   his   language�察  �the 

principal medium of communication between one soul and another�察�how 



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impersonal   are   the   communings   of   his   soul   with   itself。         How   the   man 

turns to nature instead of to his fellowman in silent sympathy。 And how�察�

when   he   speculates   upon   his   coming   castles   in   the   air�察  �his   most   roseate 

desire is to be but   an   indistinguishable particle of   the sunset   clouds   and 

vanish invisible as they into the starry stillness of all´embracing space。 

     Now what does this strange impersonality  betoken�拭                      �Why are   these 

peoples so different from us in this most fundamental of considerations to 

any   people�察  �the   consideration   of   themselves�拭  �The   answer   leads   to   some 

interesting conclusions。 



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              CHAPTER 8。                               Imagination。 



     If�察�as is the case with the moon�察�the earth�察�as she travelled round her 

orbit    turned    always    the   same    face    inward�察   �we   might     expect    to  find�察�

between the thoughts of that hemisphere which looked continually to the 

sun�察  �and those   of the   other   peering   eternally  out   at   the   stars�察  �some   such 

difference      as   actually    exists   between      ourselves     and   our   longitudinal 

antipodes。       For    our    conception     of   the   cosmos     is   of  a  sunlit   world 

throbbing with life�察�while their Nirvana finds not unfit expression in the 

still�察  �cold�察  �fathomless   awe   of   the   midnight   sky。      That   we   cannot   thus 

directly account for the difference in local coloring serves but to make that 

difference      of   more     human      interest。    The     dissimilarity     between      the 

Western and the Far Eastern attitude of mind has in it something beyond 

the   effect   of   environment。      For   it   points   to   the   importance   of   the   part 

which the principle of individuality plays in the great drama daily enacting 

before our   eyes�察 �and   which   we  know as   evolution。            It   shows�察 �as   I shall 

hope      to   prove�察   �that   individuality      bears    the    same     relation    to   the 

development        of   mind    that   the   differentiation     of   species    does    to  the 

evolution of organic life�此�that the degree of individualization of a people is 

the self´recorded measure of its place in the great march of mind。 

     All   life�察  �whether   organic     or   inorganic�察  �consists�察  �as    we   know�察  �in   a 

change       from    a   state   of    simple     homogeneity        to   one    of   complex 

heterogeneity。       The     process    is  apparently     the   same    in   a  nebula    or  a 

brachiopod�察  �although   much   more   intricate   in   the latter。         The   immediate 

force which works this change�察�the life principle of things�察�is�察�in the case 

of organic beings�察�a subtle something which we call spontaneous variation。 

What   this   mysterious   impulse   may   be   is   beyond   our   present   powers   of 

recognition。      As yet�察�the ultimates of all things lie hidden in the womb of 

the   vast   unknown。       But   just   as   in   the   case   of   a   man   we   can   tell   what 

organs are vital�察�though we are ignorant what the vital spark may be�察�so in 

our great cosmical laws we can say in what their power resides�察�though we 

know not really what they are。             Whether mind be but a sublimated form 

of   matter�察  �or�察  �what   amounts   to   the   same   thing�察  �matter   a   menial   kind   of 

mind�察�or whether�察�which seems less likely�察�it be a something incomparable 



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with substance�察�of one thing we are sure�察�the same laws of heredity govern 

both。     In each a like chain of continuity leads from the present to the dim 

past�察  �a   connecting   clue   which   we   can   follow   backward   in   imagination。 

Now what spontaneous variation is to the material organism�察�imagination�察�

apparently�察      �is  to  the    mental     one。    Just    as   spontaneous       variation     is 

constantly pushing the animal or the plant to push out�察�as a vine its tendrils�察�

in all directions�察�while natural conditions are as constantly exercising over 

it   a   sort   of   unconscious   pruning   power�察  �so   imagination   is   ever   at   work 

urging   man's   mind   out   and   on�察  �while   the   sentiment   of   the   community�察�

commonly  called   common   sense�察  �which   simply   means   the   point   already 

reached by the average�察�is as steadily tending to kee
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