_SPECIAL TEXT: "Intelligence is eternal, and exists upon a self-existing principle. It is a spirit[D] from age to age and there is no creation about it." (Joseph Smith, "King Follett Sermon," April, 1844.)_ [Footnote A: This little work (206 pages) is by William Pollard, some years Professor of Rational Philosophy in St. Louis University. It is a short treatise on the "Initial Philosophy," the ground work necessary for the consistent pursuit of knowledge, (1896).] [Footnote B: I cite the abridged (teachers') edition of the Professor's, "Principles of Psychology."] [Footnote C: This sermon as published in the "Era" is accompanied by explanatory notes, hence the "Era" is cited. It is also published in "Journal of Discourses," Vol. VI.] [Footnote D: "A spirit from age to age"--not "Spirit from age to age:" but a "spirit"; that is an entity, a person, an individual. The Prophet's statement here could well be taken as an interpretation of Doc. & Cov. Sec. 93:29. See Lesson II.] DISCUSSION. _1. Intelligence Defined:_ The sense in which the term "Intelligence" is to be used in this discussion is that of a mind, or an intelligent being, Milton make's such use of the term as the latter when he represents Adam as saying to the angel Raphael, who has given him a lesson on human limitations: "How fully hast thou satisfied me, pure Intelligence of heaven, angel serene!"[A] [Footnote A: "Paradise Lost," viii:181.] And so Alfred Tennyson: "The great _Intelligences_ fair That range above our mortal state."[A] [Footnote A: "In Memoriam," lxxxv.] God is also sometimes referred to as the "Supreme Intelligence." It is in this sense, then, that I use the term Intelligence; a being that is intelligent, capable of apprehending facts or ideas; possessed of power to think.