Excerpt from Applied Psychology: A Series of Lectures Presenting an Analysis of Psychology in a Simplified Terminology; With Special Attention to Biologic Phases of Physiology and Demonstrating the Separateness of the Entities Mind and Soul In the final and last consideration, there is but one important fact that presents itself to us and that is our existence. The highest proof that we may have of this fact is only our consciousness of it. For if asked to prove our existence, we are in a more helpless condi tion than with respect to almost any other subject. We can make some show Of tracing our ancestry; Of following out the history Of nations; of getting reasons for conditions ordinarily considered to be within the scope Of science, but as to our individual existence, our highest proof is but our consciousness Of it. The next most important fact is our knowl edge of self. Mr. Pope has said that The greatest study of mankind is man but I would say that the greatest study Of mankind is to learn how to study himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.