And, besides all this, there is a confusion between the harmony of musical notes and the harmony of soul and body, which is so potently inspired by them.
The second paradox leads up to some curious and interesting questions--How far can the mind control the body?
Is the relation between them one of mutual antagonism or of mutual harmony?
Are they two or one, and is either of them the cause of the other?
May we not at times drop the opposition between them, and the mode of describing them, which is so familiar to us, and yet hardly conveys any precise meaning, and try to view this composite creature, man, in a more simple manner?
Must we not at any rate admit that there is in human nature a higher and a lower principle, divided by no distinct line, which at times break asunder and take up arms against one another?
Or again, they are reconciled and move together, either unconsciously in the ordinary work of life, or consciously in the pursuit of some noble aim, to be attained not without an effort, and for which every thought and nerve are strained.

And then the body becomes the good friend or ally, or servant or instrument of the mind.

And the mind has often a wonderful and almost superhuman power of banishing disease and weakness and calling out a hidden strength.

Reason and the desires, the intellect and the senses are brought into harmony and obedience so as to form a single human being.

They are ever parting, ever meeting; and the identity or diversity of their tendencies or operations is for the most part unnoticed by us.