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McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955. Why I left the church - Image 29. 1912. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. September 24, 2020. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1058/show/1038.

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McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955. (1912). Why I left the church - Image 29. Socialist and Communist Pamphlets. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1058/show/1038

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McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955, Why I left the church - Image 29, 1912, Socialist and Communist Pamphlets, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed September 24, 2020, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1058/show/1038.

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Title	Why I left the church
Series Title	Pamphlets for the million; no. 1
Creator (LCNAF)	McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955
Contributor (LCNAF)	Rationalist Press Association
Publisher	Watts & Company
Place of Creation (TGN)	London
Date	1912
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Catholic ex-priests Personal narratives
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	46 pages; 19 cm.
Original Item Location	BX4668.3.M33A3 1912
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304505~S11
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	This item is in the public domain and may be used freely.
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Image 29
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	uhlib_5792348_028.jpg
Transcript	\ WHY I LEFT THE CHURCH 29 taneously perceived; the act of reasoning is still more complex. In fine, there is a supreme unity of the whole psychic life apparently pointing to the absolute unity and simplicity of its substratum, whereas the nervous system becomes increasingly complex. That is the argument which finds most favour with scientifically-minded spiritualists. However, my professor at Lou vain and several of the most distinguished Catholic philosophers rejected it, and through their criticism I came to see its weakness— its confusion of undividedness and indivisibility. A suggestion of Professor Huxley had alwrays troubled me—the brain might not actually be a congeries of separate atoms. It is possible that the ether which ultimately composes the brain may be continuous; if so, the basis of the argument is destroyed. In any case, granting that consciousness may possibly be an efflorescence of nerve- tissue, there seemed no great difficulty, when the nervous system is thoroughly studied, in ascribing the unity of conscious life to the unity of the nervous system. Thus my criterion proved faulty, and I am unable to find any other grave reason for thinking that a spiritual and impei^shable substance underlies our mental life. The apparent freedom of the will dissolves upon a careful study of the relation of motive to voluntary action. The power of reflection, from which springs the artistic faculty, does not present serious difficulty when we are dealing with a highly developed nervous system, once the initial difficulty of consciousness is overcome. Much emphasis is