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Incas;   as   well   as   others;   in   all   probability;   who   have   not   left   sufficient 

traces; thus went to work the other way and obtained nothing decisive。 Is 

this   again    a  consequence       of   the  hopeless     incompatibility   between         the 

faculties of the brain and those of the subconsciousness? Possibly; but we 

must not forget that we are speaking of nations which never possessed our 

intellectual      habits;    our    passion     for   precision;      for   verification;     for 

experimental certainty; indeed; this passion has only been fully developed 

in   ourselves   within   the   last   two   or   three   centuries。   It   is   to   be   presumed 

therefore   that   the   European   would   have   gone   much   farther   in   the   other 

direction than the Oriental。 Where would he have arrived? Endowed with 

a   different    brain;    naturally    clearer;   more     exacting;    more     logical;   less 

credulous; more practical; closer to realities; more attentive to details; but 



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with   the   scientific   side   of   his   intelligence   uncultivated;   would   he   have 

gone astray or would he have met the truths which we are still seeking and 

which   may   well   be   more   important   than   all   our   material   conquests。   Ill… 

prepared;     ill…equipped;     ill…balanced;    lacking    the   necessary     ballast   of 

experiments       and   proofs;   would    he  have    been   exposed     to  the  dangers 

familiar to all the too…mystical nations? It is very difficult to imagine so。 

But the hour has now perhaps come to try without risk what he could not 

have     done    without    grave    peril。   While    abandoning       no   whit   of   his 

understanding; which is small compared with the boundless scope of the 

subconsciousness; but which is sure; tried and docile; he can now embark 

upon the great adventure and try to do that which has not been done before。 

It is a matter of discovering the connecting link between the two forces。 

We are still ignorant of the means of aiding; encouraging; developing and 

taming the greater of the two and of bringing it closer to us; the quest will 

be the most difficult; the most mysterious and; in certain respects; the most 

dangerous that mankind has ever undertaken。 But we can say to ourselves; 

without fear of being very far wrong; that it is the best task at the moment。 

In   any   case;   this   is   the   first   time   since   man   has   existed   that   he   will   be 

fronting the unknown with such good weapons; even as it is also the first 

time since its awakening that his intelligence; which has reached a summit 

from which it can understand almost everything; will at last receive help 

from outside and hear a voice that is something more than the echo of its 

own。 



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