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"
Man
cannot
survive
except
by
gaining
knowledge
,
and
reason
is
his
only
means
to
gain
it
.
Reason
is
the
faculty
that
perceives
,
identifies
and
integrates
the
material
provided
by
his
senses
.
The
task
of
his
senses
is
to
give
him
the
evidence
of
existence
,
but
the
task
of
identifying
it
belongs
to
his
reason
,
his
senses
tell
him
only
that
something
is
,
but
what
it
is
must
be
learned
by
his
mind
.
"
All
thinking
is
a
process
of
identification
and
integration
.
Man
perceives
a
blob
of
color
;
by
integrating
the
evidence
of
his
sight
and
his
touch
,
he
learns
to
identity
it
as
a
solid
object
:
he
learns
to
identify
the
object
as
a
table
;
he
learns
that
the
table
is
made
of
wood
;
he
learns
that
the
wood
consists
of
cells
,
that
the
cells
consist
of
molecules
,
that
the
molecules
consist
of
atoms
.
All
through
this
process
,
the
work
of
his
mind
consists
of
answers
to
a
single
question
:
What
is
it
?
His
means
to
establish
the
truth
of
his
answers
is
logic
,
and
logic
rests
on
the
axiom
that
existence
exists
.
Logic
is
the
art
of
non
-
contradictory
identification
.
A
contradiction
cannot
exist
.
An
atom
is
itself
,
and
so
is
the
universe
;
neither
can
contradict
its
own
identity
;
nor
can
a
part
contradict
the
whole
.
No
concept
man
forms
is
valid
unless
he
integrates
it
without
contradiction
into
the
total
sum
of
his
knowledge
.
To
arrive
at
a
contradiction
is
to
confess
an
error
in
one
’
s
thinking
;
to
maintain
a
contradiction
is
to
abdicate
one
’
s
mind
and
to
evict
oneself
from
the
realm
of
reality
.
"
Reality
is
that
which
exists
;
the
unreal
does
not
exist
;
the
unreal
is
merely
that
negation
of
existence
which
is
the
content
of
a
human
consciousness
when
it
attempts
to
abandon
reason
.
Truth
is
the
recognition
of
reality
;
reason
,
man
’
s
only
means
of
knowledge
,
is
his
only
standard
of
truth
.
"
The
most
depraved
sentence
you
can
now
utter
is
to
ask
:
Whose
reason
?
The
answer
is
:
Yours
.
No
matter
how
vast
your
knowledge
or
how
modest
,
it
is
your
own
mind
that
has
to
acquire
it
.
It
is
only
with
your
own
knowledge
that
you
can
deal
.
It
is
only
your
own
knowledge
that
you
can
claim
to
possess
or
ask
others
to
consider
.
Your
mind
is
your
only
judge
of
truth
—
and
if
others
dissent
from
your
verdict
,
reality
is
the
court
of
final
appeal
.
Nothing
but
a
man
’
s
mind
can
perform
that
complex
,
delicate
,
crucial
process
of
identification
which
is
thinking
.
Nothing
can
direct
the
process
but
his
own
judgment
.
Nothing
can
direct
his
judgment
but
his
moral
integrity
.
"
You
who
speak
of
a
‘
moral
instinct
’
as
if
it
were
some
separate
endowment
opposed
to
reason
—
man
’
s
reason
is
his
moral
faculty
.
A
process
of
reason
is
a
process
of
constant
choice
in
answer
to
the
question
:
True
or
False
?
—
Right
or
Wrong
?
Is
a
seed
to
be
planted
in
soil
in
order
to
grow
—
right
or
wrong
?
Is
a
man
’
s
wound
to
be
disinfected
in
order
to
save
his
life
—
right
or
wrong
?
Does
the
nature
of
atmospheric
electricity
permit
it
to
be
converted
into
kinetic
power
—
right
or
wrong
?
It
is
the
answers
to
such
questions
that
gave
you
everything
you
have
—
and
the
answers
came
from
a
man
’
s
mind
,
a
mind
of
intransigent
devotion
to
that
which
is
right
.
"
A
rational
process
is
a
moral
process
.
You
may
make
an
error
at
any
step
of
it
,
with
nothing
to
protect
you
but
your
own
severity
,
or
you
may
try
to
cheat
,
to
fake
the
evidence
and
evade
the
effort
of
the
quest
—
but
if
devotion
to
truth
is
the
hallmark
of
morality
,
then
there
is
no
greater
,
nobler
,
more
heroic
form
of
devotion
than
the
act
of
a
man
who
assumes
the
responsibility
of
thinking
.
"
That
which
you
call
your
soul
or
spirit
is
your
consciousness
,
and
that
which
you
call
‘
free
will
’
is
your
mind
’
s
freedom
to
think
or
not
,
the
only
will
you
have
,
your
only
freedom
,
the
choice
that
controls
all
the
choices
you
make
and
determines
your
life
and
your
character
.
