In conclusion it should be noted that this hypothesis is but a new presentation of an old speculation. It differs as it here stands from any theory of “mind-stuff” in that it regards the question rather from the dynamical than from the statical point of view. Not “mind-stuff” answering to matter but a universal conscious order or aspect of existence answering to universal energy is the leading idea I have sought to develop. In its newer form, again, this hypothesis differs from the view that “all force is will-power,” or the view that “all matter is conscious,” or the theory of “intelligent monads,” in endeavoring, not to carry anything like _our_ consciousness down into association with the simpler manifestations of energy, but rather to seek in association with these lower manifestations the germinal states indefinitely simpler than consciousness, from which nevertheless consciousness has been developed. Finally the keynote of this newer presentation is that which is the keynote of all modern theories of life and of thought—the doctrine of evolution. C. LLOYD MORGAN. FOOTNOTES: [30] I have elsewhere (_Animal Life and Intelligence_, p. 467) suggested the term _kinesis_ for the manifestation of energy, and the term _metakinesis_ for its conscious or infra-conscious aspect. [31] In the phraseology I have elsewhere suggested, there is no kinesis unaccompanied by its metakinetic aspect. [32] That is to say, a conservation of metakinesis co-ordinate and coextensive with the kinetic conservation of energy. [33] The bearing of this conservation of consciousness and infra-consciousness (metakinesis) on Eastern conceptions of immortality and on transmigration would be an interesting theme to follow out but is beyond the scope of the present paper. THE NEW CIVILISATION DEPENDS ON MECHANICAL INVENTION. By reason of his physical nature man is hampered by three wants—he needs food, clothing, and shelter. In his first and lowest stage of civilisation man lives in a state of enthrallment to nature. He dreads and worships the cruel forces of matter. But by the aid of science, and invention which flows from science, man attains domination or control over things and forces and directs them into the service of humanity for use or for beauty. The soul conquers nature by science and machinery and then it next desires to see this conquest over nature reflected in works of art. Hence it creates architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, all of these fine arts portraying man’s victory over wants and necessities.