This would be a pity in my opinion; they should read a little more. No philosophical work can be written without the words _perceive_ and _conceive_ appearing very frequently in it. The Latin language possesses the word “capio,” which means to seize something with the hand; only convincing facts can lead us to believe that these terms to _perceive_ and to _conceive_ are derived from _capio_; thus the word expressing the well-known physical movement of taking something with the hand was the origin of the two words _percept_ and _concept_, without which no philosophical idea could take shape or be developed in us. The space which separates the word _capio_ from _percept_ and _concept_ includes neither more nor less than the entire evolution of man; that is, our own history. That of which we think so little is in reality the indelible sign impressed once for all on man, that which alone distinguishes him from the animals, and which may yet help to form in man an excellence hitherto unknown to us; this distinguishing mark is thought and speech. We are men--but has the type of the “genus homo” been realised? Is it impossible? It has been undoubtedly proved that man is free in certain directions, and not in others; happily he is not free not to be a man. THE END FOOTNOTES: [136] There is _one_ in the way in which St Paul speaks: “There is one body, and one spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.” [137] As Savonarola said: “Yes, from the Church militant, but not from the Church in Heaven,” in answer to his excommunication. * * * * * PRINTED BY TURNBULL AND SPEARS, EDINBURGH * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Footnotes have been moved to the end of each chapter and relabeled consecutively through the document. Punctuation has been made consistent. Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected. The following changes were made: p. 23: Llamas changed to Lamas (the Lamas of) p. 180: Lines below S and s have been standardized to acute accents (Śraddhâ, śraddadhau, śraddhitam)