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definitely to separate the two phenomena�拭�To appeal to heredity is still to 

appeal to the subliminal�察�and it is not at all certain that the latter is limited 

by the interest of the organism sheltering it。 It appears�察�on the contrary�察�in 

many   circumstances�察  �to   spread   and   extend   far   beyond   that   organism   in 

which   it   is   domiciled�察  �one   would   say�察  �accidentally   and   provisionally。   It 

likes    to  show�察  �apparently�察    �that  it  is  in  relation  with   all  that  exists。   It 

declares itself�察�as often as possible�察�universal and impersonal。 It has but a 

very   indifferent   care�察  �as   we   have   seen   in   the   matter   of   apparitions   and 

premonitions�察      �for   the  happiness     and    even   the   safety   of  its  host   and 

protector。   It   prophesies   to   its   companion   of   a   lifetime   events   which   he 

cannot avoid or which do not concern him。 It makes him see beforehand�察�

for instance�察�all the circumstances of the death of a stranger whom he will 



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only   hear   of   after   the   event�察  �when   this   event   is   irrevocable。   It   brings   a 

crowd   of   barren   presentiments   and   conjures   up   veridical   hallucinations 

that    are   wholly     alien    and   idle。   With     psychometric�察      �typtological     or 

materializing mediums�察�it practises art for art's sake�察�mocks at space and 

time�察�passes through   personalities�察�sees through solid bodies�察�brings into 

communication thoughts and motions worlds apart�察�reads souls and lives 

by the light of a flower�察�a rag of a scrap of paper�察�and all this for nothing�察�

to   amuse   itself�察  �to   astonish    us�察  �because   it   adores   the   superfluous�察    �the 

incoherent�察  �the   unexpected�察  �the   improbable�察  �the   bewildering�察  �or   rather�察�

perhaps�察�because it is a huge�察�rough�察�undisciplined force still struggling in 

the    darkness    and    coming     to  the   surface    only   by   wild   fits  and   starts�察�

because it is an enormous expansion of a spirit striving to collect itself�察�to 

achieve consciousness�察�to make itself of service and to obtain a hearing。 In 

any case�察�for the time being�察�it appeals just what we have described�察�and 

would be unlike itself if it behaved any otherwise in the case that puzzles 

us。 



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     Lastly�察�to close this chapter�察�let us remark that it is nearly certain that 

the    solution     given    by   calculating     children     and    horses    is  not    of  a 

mathematical nature at all。 They do not in any way consider the problem 

or the sum to be worked。 They simply find the answer straight away to a 

riddle�察�the guessing of which is made easy by the actual nature of figures 

which keep their secrets badly。 To any one in the requisite state of mind�察�it 

becomes       a  question    of   a  sort  of   elementary     charade�察    �which    hides    its 

answer   only   from   those   who   speak   another   language。   It   is   evident   that 

every   problem�察  �however   complex   it   may   appear�察  �carries   within   its   very 

enunciation   its   one�察  �invariable   solution�察  �scarce   veiled   by   the   indiscreet 

signs that contain or cover it。 It is there�察�under the numbers that have no 

other     object    than    to   give   it  life�察  �coming�察    �stirring    and    ceaselessly 

proclaiming       itself  a  necessity。    It  is  not   surprising    therefore     that  eyes 

sharper than ours and ears open to other vibrations should see and hear it 

without      knowing      what    it  represents�察    �what    it  implies     or  from     what 

prodigious   mass   of   figures   and   operations   it   merges。  The   problem   itself 



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speaks�察�and the horse but repeats the sign which he hears whispered in the 

mysterious life of numbers or deep down in�察�the abyss where the eternal 

verities    hold    sway。    He   understands      none    of   it�察 �he  has   no    need   to 

understand�察�he is but the unconscious medium who lends his voice or his 

limbs to the mind that inspires him。 There is here but a bare and simple 

answer�察�bearing no precise significance�察�seized in an alien existence。 There 

is here   but   a   mechanical   revelation�察  �so   to   speak�察  �a   sort   of   special   reflex 

which we can only record and which�察�for the rest�察�is as inexplicable as any 

other phenomenon of consciousness or instinct。 After all�察�when we think 

of it�察�it is just as�察�astonishing that we should not perceive the solution as it 

is   that  we   should    discover     it。  However�察   �I  grant   that  all  this  is  but   a 

venturesome        interpretation      to   be   taken    for   what     it  is  worth�察    �an 

experimental        or  interim    theory    with    which     we   must     needs    content 

ourselves since all the others have hitherto been controverted by the facts。 



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     Let    us  now    briefly   sum    up   what    the   Elberfeld    experiments      have 

yielded us。 Having put aside telepathy in the narrow sensewhich perhaps 

enters into more than one phenomenon but is not indispensable to it�察�for 

we    see   these   same    phenomena       repeated    when     telepathy    is  practically 

impossiblewe cannot help observing that�察�if we deny the existence or the 

influence     of   the  subliminal�察    �it  is  all  the  more   difficult   to  contest   the 

existence   and   the   intervention   of   the   intelligence�察  �at   any   rate   up   to   the 

extracting   of   roots�察  �after   which   there   is   a   steep   precipice   which   ends   in 

darkness。   But�察  �even   if   we   stop   at   the   roots�察  �the   sudden   discovery   of   an 

intellectual force so similar to our own�察�where we were accustomed to see 

but   an   irremediable   impotency�察  �is   no   doubt   one   of   the   most   unexpected 

revelations   that   we   have   received   since   the   invisible   and   the   unknown 

began to press upon us with a persistence and an impatience which they 

had     not   displayed     heretofore。    It  is  not   easy    to  foresee     as  yet   the 

consequences and the promises of this new aspect which the great riddle 

of the intelligence is suddenly adopting。 But I believe that we shall soon 

have to revise some of the essential ideas which are the foundations of our 

life and that some rather strange horizons are appearing out of the mists in 



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the   history   of   psychology�察  �of   morality�察  �of   human   destiny   and   of   many 

other things。 



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     So much for the intelligence。 On the other hand�察�what we deny to the 

intelligence     we    are   constrained     to  grant    to  the   subliminal�察    �and   the 

revelation is even more disconcerting。 We should then have to admit that 

them is in the horseand hence most probably in everything that lives on 

this eartha psychic power similar to that which is hidden beneath the veil 

of our reason and which�察�as we learn to know it�察�astonishes�察�surpasses and 

dominates   our   reason   more   and   more。   This   psychic   power�察  �in   which   no 

doubt we shall one day be forced to recognize the genius of the universe 

itself�察  �appears�察  �as   we   have   often   observed�察  �to be   all´wise�察  �all´seeing and 

all´powerful。 It has�察�when it is pleased to communicate with us or when 

we   are   allowed   to   penetrate   into   it�察  �an   answer   for   every   question�察  �and 

perhaps a remedy for every ill。 We will not enumerate its virtues again。 It 

will be enough for us to recall with what ease it mocks at space�察�time and 

all the obstacles that beset our poor human knowledge and understanding。 

We   believed   it�察  �like   all   that   seems   to   us   superior   and   marvellous�察  �the 

intangible�察  �inalienable   and   incommunicable   attribute   of   man�察  �with   even 

better reason than his intelligence。 And now an accident�察�strangely belated�察�

it is true�察�tells us that�察�at one precise point�察�the strangest and least foreseen 

of all�察�the horse and the dog draw more easily and perhaps more directly 

than   ourselves   upon   its   mighty   reservoirs。   By   the   most   inexplicable   of 

anomalies�察�though one that is fairly consistent with the fantastic character 

of the subliminal�察�they appear to have access to it only at the spot that is 

most remote from their habits and most unknown to their propensities�察�for 

there is nothing in the world about which animals trouble less than figures。 

But is this not�察�perhaps because we do not see what goes on elsewhere�拭�It 

so    happens     that  the   infinite   mystery     of  numbers      can   sometimes      be 

expressed   by   a   very   few   simple   movements   which   are   natural   to   most 

animals�察�but there is nothing to tell us that�察�if we could teach the horse and 

the    dog   to  attach   to  these    same    movements       the  expression     of  other 

mysteries�察�they would not draw upon them with equal facility。 It has been 



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successfully attempted to give them a more or less clear idea of the value 

of a few figures and perhaps of the course and nature of certain elementary 

operations�察�and this appears to have been enough to open up to them the 

most secret regions of mathematics in which every question is answered 

beforehand。 It i

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