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1908 Nov 29
Logic
I.i. 3

middle of the pure green of the spectrum, at the line E.
Now when I consider that we can reason alike about
an electron and about the whole stellar system, so as to make
predictions that the facts of observation will bear out; so that, if we
use the word Mind to denote that agency which causes the
behaviour of any object to conform to general principles, we
must recognize one Mind animating alike the electron and the
entire stellar system as a whole, I a am overwhelmed with
deepest awe. The mere fact that waves of light set out
from the twentieth magnitude star and reach us without
getting all confused nor broken up is a great marvel; but it
does not compare in majesty to the other fact about reasoning.
But then, when I consider that the individual human