...that purely mechanical view of vital phenomena towards which modern physiology is striving. . . .1 believe that we shall sooner or later arrive at a...have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat." — HUXLEY'S " Lay Sermons." t He says, (" Lay Sermeus," p. 178,) " The word ' positive ' is in every...

...activity of a nervous structure."* Perhaps Huxley means nothing different from this when he says, " I believe that we shall sooner or later arrive at...have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat." And again, "We have as much reason for regarding the mode of motion of the nervous system as the cause...

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...until the one unites with the other. Let me try to explain what I mean. I hold, with the Materialist, that the human body, like all living bodies, is a...we have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat. If a pound weight falling through a distance of a foot gives rise to a definite amount of heat, which...

...what I mean. I hold, with the Materialist, that the human body, like all living bodies, is a machiue, all the operations of which will, sooner or later,...we have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat. If a pound weight falling through a distance of a foot gives rise to a definite amount of heat, which...

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...all living bodies, is a machine, all the operations of which will, sooner or later, be explained oh physical principles. I believe that we shall, sooner...we have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat. If a pound weight falling through a distance of a foot gives rise to a definite amount of heat, which...

...xrv.] 0n -Descartes' "grscoum." 339 Let me try to explain what I mean. I hold, with the Materialist, that the human body, like all living bodies, is a...mechanical equivalent of consciousness, just as we htwe arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat. If a pound weight falling through a distance of a...

...Huxley says: "I believe that we ^shall, sooner or later, arrive at a mechanical equivalent for facts of consciousness, just as we have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat. If a pound weight, falling through a distance of a foot, gives rise to a definite amount of heat —...

...it is impossible to say ; although it is highly probable we are far from it at present. Huxley says: "I believe that we shall, sooner or later, arrive at a mechanical equivalent for facts of consciousness, just as we have arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat. If a pound...