All these theories admit--indeed they are but various theories to account for--the fact that what we call matter has consequences in what we call mind, and that what we call mind produces results in what we call matter; and the doctrines I quote assume only that.
Bagehot highlights the reciprocal relationship between matter and mind, emphasizing their interconnectedness.
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Perhaps such powers as these are what a wise man would most seek to exercise and least fear to possess.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.
The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
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