to will or know at all--much less as the desire to know or will
definitely this or that. Finally, they retreat beyond our ken into
the repose--the inorganic kingdom--of as yet unawakened interest.

In either case,--the repose of perfect ignorance or of perfect
knowledge--disturbance is troublesome. When first starting on an
Atlantic steamer, our rest is hindered by the screw; after a short
time, it is hindered if the screw stops. A uniform impression is
practically no impression. One cannot either learn or unlearn
without pains or pain.



CHAPTER II--CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS KNOWERS--THE LAW AND GRACE




In this chapter we shall show that the law, which we have observed to
hold as to the vanishing tendency of knowledge upon becoming perfect,
holds good not only concerning acquired actions or habits of body,
but concerning opinions, modes of thought, and mental habits
generally, which are no more recognised as soon as firmly fixed, than
are the steps with which we go about our daily avocations. I am
aware that I may appear in the latter part of the chapter to have
wandered somewhat beyond the limits of my subject, but, on the whole,
decide upon leaving what I have written, inasmuch as it serves to
show how far-reaching is the principle on which I am insisting.
Having said so much, I shall during the remainder of the book keep
more closely to the point.