To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception. (Alfred Russel Wallace)

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.

Alfred Russel Wallace

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