„ . We must notice, however, how slight a

necessary thing this necessary interaction is. The
interaction tendency to think, the life in presenta-
is very tions that is neces.sary if there is to be
^^S^- cognitive consciousness at all, is some-



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thing far short of anything that we call desire for
knowledge, or even curiosity. And the cognitive
consciousness of a suggested change and its pro-
gress in realisation, which is necessary for all action,
is something far short of clear observant attention
given to these things.
7. With the key now obtained we Applica-
could proceed to an inexhaustible num- tions of
ber of applications. '''''* ^O'-

For instance, it is evident that a disposition which
is frequently aroused because its suggestion occurs
frequently will correspond to an idea Ease of
which is often present because we have arousalofa
a tendency to run along that train of disposition.
thought, or to a perception that is often present
because we are specially sensitive to a particular
sensation. A disposition which is easily aroused
in the sense that our nature is quickly and uniformly
sensitive to the suggestion when it does occur, or
which is constantly involved in other dispositions,
is like an idea that is constantly roused by the
nature of our environment, or that is involved in
many of the trains of thought that are frequent
with us.
8. A theoretical suggestion, again, not yet either
accepted or rejected as a belief, will corre-
spond not to a "practical suggestion" but ^^^^''^f*'^'^^

^ ^ °° suggestion.
to an endeavour which has not yet suc-
ceeded or failed in completing itself as a finished act.
