human
But Doctor, can't you see that it isn't all material? Suppose that every atom of the universe does affect every other atom, and that the accumulated effect of past action holds the stars in their courses, and that if we knew what all the past was we should be able to foretell the future, because it would be mathematically calculable--what of it? That does not prove your case, man! Can't you see that in free will another element enters--the spiritual, if you please, that is not amenable to atomic action past or present? Amos smiled deprecatingly and added sadly:
gpt
Got that last night from Schopenhauer. The Doctor, clearly unawed by Schopenhauer, broke out:
human
Aye, there I have you, Amos. Isn't the brain matter, and doesn't the brain secrete consciousness?
gpt
Does this buggy secrete distance, Jim? Go 'long with you, man. Before the Doctor could reply, around the corner of the house, bringing little Kenyon Adams in his best bib and tucker, came the lofty figure of Mrs. Nesbit. With her came her daughter. Then up spoke Mrs. Bedelia Satterthwaite Nesbit of the Maryland Satterthwaites,
human
Look here, Amos Adams--I don't care what you say, I'm going to take this baby. There was strong emphasis upon the
gpt
I'm, and she went on:
human
You can have him every night, and Grant can take care of the child after supper when he comes home from work. But every morning at eight I'm going to have this baby. Further emphasis upon the first person.
gpt
I'm not going to see a child turned over to a hired girl all day and me with a big house and no baby and a daughter about to marry and leave me and a houseful of help, if I needed it, which thank Heavens I don't. She put her lips together sternly, and,
human
Not a word, Amos Adams, she said to Amos, who had not opened his mouth.
gpt
Not another word. Kenyon will be home at six o'clock.
human
Now, Amos--have some sense. Doctor,--go on.