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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 14, 1899. 6 The Origin of the Ego. Concluded from 1st page. ronment, and their constant at- tempts to hold their own against it. The result is, as he shows, a v U , hatyg plaved our tijuiiip Gard and Y-iVs t ‘ ‘ 1 «, S ee the fl’lllts 0f 01" '« [;and &iG- S ' S *»<8 a « a ln * combinations and tru sts but a vague sentiment of a general ti88ues at the head; then the large u „ , „ „ „ fJ j n t\ n u n si/J in fh i> Q ilV lP p t’Ctn individuality. In the fourth, or in or brain gangHon , hus forllle(1) be. ©V ^ 3 ( 1 1 nO ©UTf 3 0 . H l W £ )llU U .t-© n the vertebrates, it is housed in a 1 , comes the court of appeals arid reg- QI r^-rvz>«^ 1 special organ subsequently super- j uja^or nlator of ajj all th e other ganglia; f/anedia: and / » I I * added; here it had its modest ^ ¡ H regulative function is the be- J ><><? birth, developed little by little, and gjnjng of constant and sentient re Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent Free on Application. ended at the summit of the scale by acjion which, as it is constantly re- becoming the mighty Ego of man. peated, is a central stream and Virtual, diffused or centralized, 8^ress constantly going on, which its role in all animals is to afford we recognize as the sense of self, S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N individuals the sentiment of their Eg% and meniory. Thus the Ego PRODUCE TAKEN conservation, of their needs, and to or soul is a constant flowing to S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E force them to obey the injunctions gether of nerve changes and their j C O LLEG E OF of nature on penalty of annihila sensations. That is, it is a pro - j tion. In its highest degree it com cess , and not an entity, a thing, a prises memories of the past, acts, spirit or a spook 1 sensations and thoughts, the sum If convenient, read with this ex- total of its internal and ext< ’’ 1 , »bition the corresponding part of O F C H IC A G O impressions; it gives the individ Haeckel’s Evolution of Man, or ual the sentiment of its present cor any other modern work of biology poreal existence and the notion touching this subject, and observe Fall T e rm w ill Begin S e p te m b e r 2 7 even of its faculties and intellect as far as you can the actions and ual operations. Animals provided reactions of the lower forms of life. D irecto rs of th e C orporation with hemispheres alone think, man In order to understand and ap A. E. G ammage , President.............................................................. 167 Dearborn St. alone knows that he thinks; ‘cogito preciate the new things and idpas J. H. G reer , M. I)., Vice-President and Treasurer.......................52 Dearborn St. F lorence E. D ressler , Secretary.................................................. 2203 Gladys Ave. ergo sum’. The Ego is the con of a new science we must get famil sciousness of self — it is the Soul.— iar with them. Then their “mys FACULTY [Science and Faith. WM. F. TAIT, M. D., D ean , EDITH TEN LEY CLARKE, M. D., tery” will disappear, and a peculiar Professor of Institutes of Medicine and Professor of General and Experimental delight and even joy will take its Surgery. Physiology. Whence Am I ? W h a t Am I ? place, which will pay a thousand WM. W. COOK, A. M., M. D. W. E. WINSKEL. M. D., Professor of General and Descriptive Professor of Science of Medicine, Thera peutics and Materia Medica. Anatomy and Surgical Emergencies. In answer to these old questions fold for the labor and thought CHARLES E. BOWERS, M. D., R. V. WAGNER, M. D., we give our second extract from Dr. they h ve cost us. The highest Professor of Practical and Clinical Med- Professor of Electro-Therapeutics. Topinard’s new book on “Science pleasure in the world is the pleas * icine. ’ EDWARD D. WAHL, M. D., t . b . w . CHARLES J. LEWIS, M. D., Professor of Physics, Chemistry, Urin and Faith”. It is the last word of ure of learning? D K E Y K R & C R A IG Medicine “S urgery CO - E D U C A T IO N A L alysis and Toxicology. I’rofesor of Physiology of the Nervous science on the subject of self , and System, and General Pathology and HOWARD TAYLOR SMITH, D, D. S., must be thoroughly read. Lecturer on nervous Diseases. Professor of Dental Surgery. HOMER O. BATES, M. D., In our first extract, in last Torch, W. E. WINSKEL, M. D., Professor of Medical and Surgical Gyn Demonstrator of Anatomy. we had the question of the origin of aecology. JOHN J. BRADLEY, M. D., life explained; and now we add a WILLIAM A. TAIT, M. D., Lecturer on Rectal and Anal Diseases. Professor of Operative and Clinical Sur hint or so to enable the reader to ANLON FRANK, gery and Surgical Diagnosis. Demonstrator of Surgical Instruments reach over from that exposition to JOSEPH H. GREER, M. D„ and Orthopedical Appliances. IS A BOOK OF . . . Professor of Medical and Surgical Gen- the present one. Now catch on! ito-Urinary Diseases and Dermatology. OTTOMAR CARLICZEK, We saw that in our first forms of Demonstrator of Roentgen Ray Diagno A. E. GAMMAGE, A ttorney , sis and of Illuminating and Cautery life, the protozoa, the plastids or Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Apparatus. Insanity. cells were separate or loosely join H. W.SCAIFE, M. A., M. D. FRANK S. LEWIS, ed together. When they became I Prof.of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Instructor in Latin. more closely attached, but not so as to form a tissue, they were called On the following and Fees and Expenses. kindred Subjects: Matriculation Fee, paid only once..................................................................... $ 5.00 mends (from tha Graek ‘meros’, a General Ticket, each year of attendance............................... i ........................60.00 part), but when the celh co-operate S e lf C o n tro l Anatomical Ticket, including material, first and second years, each year__ 5.00 Laboratory Ticket, first and second years, each year..................................... 5.00 they make a zoid or meta-zoic ani S e lf R e s p e c t mal; and when the cells combine their separate zoids, they become a W h a t is M o ra lity ? tissue of cell centers, which is call-! W h a t is Ignorance P R O G R E S S IV E M E D IC A L C O L L E G E ed a deme, or people of cells (from Fraud a C rim e In Keeping w ith the Advance of the times. Greek demos —a people) that is an I H a b it, 2nd N a tu re undifferentiated aggregate of cells. P o liten ess The Directors have decided to make Special Liberal Inducements When some of these cells, by d i-! to readers of the TORCH OF REASON. Address for Announcement W isdom and Terms, vision of labor and function, be come specially adapted to receive E tc , e tc ., e tc . One of these chapters is andanswer to external impressions, Worth more to we have the beginning of a gang Young and old than the 167 D earborn S tre e t, Price of the book. lion. When there are a number of C H IC A G O ILLINOIS --------------------------------------------------------- these ganglia in a metazoic anim al,! . . . IT SH O U LD BE IN . . their action is felt more or less by EVERY H O M E ! O u r Job D e p a rtm e n t each other along lines of cell-fibres a n < ,re c e l»e a which thus become nerves. Thus ALWAYS GIVE8- 1 n eatly clo th we have a lot of communicating bound copy, post paid. ganglia in an ever-acting animal AGENTS WANTED. body. Now tjie professor’s story ------- ADDRESS------- goes on from there to tell how the T © iiG h © f f ^ e a s e n ---- BECAUSE IT O IV E8---- Ego results from their cell and nerve interaction against the envi- SlLVERTON O regon H O N ES T STOCK, F IN E S T IN K A N D E X C E L L E N T W O R K M A N S H IP RIGHT VIN G S ix ty E x c e lle n t C h a p te rs A. E. G A n n AGE, President, __ Satisfaction «