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same architect. If the finger is cut, and the inner and outer skin, the muscles, membranes, and nerves are reproduced from the same material, it does not argue that all these are one, and are developed immediately from the same unit. It only shows that the soul uses the same material to build different parts of its earthly dwelling. It shows that there is a substantial framework within that remains intact when the body is wounded, and proceeds to reclothe itself when it is laid bare. If it were the purpose here to enter into a psychological discussion, it might be shown that seeing and feeling are essentially very different faculties, seeing being a faculty derived from the soul's mental function or the understanding, and feeling being derived from the other division of the mind, or the will.