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able to tell�察�for any influence upon ourselves�察�whether they existed or not。 

They remind us of that neutral drab which certain religious sects assume to 

show their own irrelevancy to the world。               They are often most estimable 

folk�察�but they are no more capable of inspiring a strong emotion than the 

other kind are incapable of doing so。            And we say the difference is due to 

the personality or want of personality of the man。               Now�察�in what does this 

so´called   personality   consist�拭      �Not   in   bodily   presence   simply�察  �for   men 

quite destitute of it possess the force in question�察�not in character only�察�for 

we often disapprove of a character whose attraction we are powerless to 

resist�察  �not   in   intellect   alone�察  �for   men   more   rational   fail   of   stirring   us   as 

these unconsciously do。 In what�察�then�拭             �In life itself�察�not that modicum of 

it�察�indeed�察�which suffices simply to keep the machine moving�察�but in the 

life principle�察�the power which causes psychical change�察�which makes the 



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individual something distinct from all other individuals�察�a being capable of 

proving sufficient�察�if need be�察�unto himself�察�which shows itself�察�in short�察�as 

individuality。      This is not a mere restatement of the case�察�for individuality 

is an objective fact capable of being treated by physical science。                  And as 

we    know     much    more     at  present   about    physical    facts  than   we   do   of 

psychological problems�察�we may be able to arrive the sooner at solution。 

     Individuality�察�personality�察�and the sense of self are only three different 

aspects of one and the same thing。              They are so many various views of 

the   soul   according   as   we   regard   it   from   an   intrinsic�察  �an   altruistic�察  �or   an 

egoistic     standpoint。      For    by   individuality     is  not   meant     simply    the 

isolation in a corporeal casing of a small portion of the universal soul of 

mankind。       So far as mind goes�察�this would not be individuality at all�察�but 

the reverse。     By individuality we mean that bundle of ideas�察�thoughts�察�and 

daydreams which constitute our separate identity�察�and by virtue of which 

we feel each one of us at home within himself。                  Now man in his mind´ 

development        is  bound     to  become     more     and   more    distinct   from    his 

neighbor。      We     can   hardly   conceive     a  progress    so   uniform    as   not  to 

necessitate   this。    It   would   be   contrary   to   all   we   know   of   natural   law�察�

besides   contradicting   daily   experience。        For   each   successive   generation 

bears unmistakable testimony  to the fact。              Children of the same   parents 

are never exactly like either their parents or one another�察�and they  often 

differ amazingly from both。           In such instances they revert to type�察�as we 

say�察�but inasmuch as the race is steadily advancing in development�察�such 

reversion must resemble that of an estate which has been greatly improved 

since its previous possession。          The appearance of the quality is really the 

sprouting of a seed whose original germ was in some sense coeval with 

the beginning of things。         This mind´seed takes root in some cases and not 

in others�察�according to the soil it finds。          And as certain traits develop and 

others    do   not�察 �one   man    turns   out   very   differently   from   his   neighbor。 

Such     inevitable    distinction    implies   furthermore      that  the   man   shall   be 

sensible of it。     Consciousness is the necessary attribute of mental action。 

Not   only   is   it   the   sole   way   we   have   of   knowing   mind�察  �without   it   there 

would be no mind to know。            Not to be conscious of one's self is�察�mentally 

speaking�察�not to be。         This complex entity�察�this little cosmos of a world�察�



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the    ;I�察─ �has    for  its  very    law   of   existence     self´consciousness�察      �while 

personality is the effect it produces upon the consciousness of others。 

     But we may push our inquiry a step further�察�and find in imagination 

the   cause   of   this   strange   force。   For   imagination�察  �or   the   image´making 

faculty�察�may in a certain sense be said to be the creator of the world within。 

The   separate   senses   furnish   it   with   material�察  �but   to   it   alone   is   due   the 

building of our castles�察�on premises of fact or in the air。                 For there is no 

impassable        gulf    between       the    two。      Coleridge's       distinction      that 

imagination   drew   possible   pictures   and   fancy   impossible   ones�察  �is   itself�察�

except as a classification�察�an impossible distinction to draw�察�for it is only 

the inconceivable that can never be。             All else is purely a matter of relation。 

We may instance dreams which are usually considered to rank among the 

most   fanciful   creations  of   the   mind。      Who   has   not in his   dreams   fallen 

repeatedly from giddy heights and invariably escaped unhurt�拭                       �If he had 

attempted the feat in his waking moments he would assuredly have been 

dashed to pieces at the bottom。             And so we say the thing is impossible。 

But is it�拭    �Only under the relative conditions of his mass and the earth's。 

If the world he happens to inhabit were not its present size�察�but the size of 

one   of    the   tinier  asteroids�察  �no   such   disastrous     results   would    follow    a 

chance      misstep。    He   could    there   walk   off   precipices    when     too  closely 

pursued   by  bears   if   I   remember   rightly  the   usual   childish   cause   of   the 

same with perfect impunity。            The bear could do likewise�察�unfortunately。 

We should have arrived at our conclusion even quicker had we decreased 

the size both of the man and his world。                He would not then have had to 

tumble actually so far�察�and would therefore have arrived yet more gently at 

the foot。     This turns out�察�then�察�to be a mere question of size。                  Decrease 

the scale of the picture�察�and the impossible becomes possible at once。                     All 

fancies are not so easily reducible to actual facts as the one we have taken�察�

but   all�察  �perhaps�察  �eventually   may   be   explicable   in   the   same   general   way。 

At    present    we   certainly   cannot     affirm   that   anything     may   not   be   thus 

explained。      For the actual is widening its field every day。                Even in this 

little world of our own we are daily discovering to be fact what we s
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