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mencing a courseof experiences that have led
tosuffering,he interposesa feeble protest,and
another" 1 " consciousnessworking asmind-
makes itself felt and heard as regarding these
experiences with repulsion, and objecting to
beingdraggedthroughthem. Theprotestisso
weak and the desire so strong that we can
scarcely speak of a contest; the desire-"I,"
long enthroned, rushes over the weakly-pro-
testingrebel,butv/henthe pleasureisoverand
thepainfulresultsfollow,theignoredrebel lifts
hisvoiceagain ina querulous"I told youso,"
and this is the first stingof remorse. Aslife
succeeds life the mind assertsitself more and
more,and the contest between thedesire-"I
"
and thethought-"I"grows fiercerand fiercer,
and the agonised cryof the Christian mystic:
" 1 find another law in my members warring
againstthelawof mymind,"isrepeatedinthe
experience of everyevolving Man, The war
grows hotter and hotter as, during the deva-
chanic life,the decisionsof the Man aremore
and more strongly impressed on the mind,
appearing as innate ideas in the subsequent
birth,and lendingstrength tothethought-"I,"
which,withdrawingitselffromthepassionsand
emotions, regards them as outside itself, and
repudiates their claim to control it. But the
