There is in man something like a plane, which is portrayed as a soft substance lying beneath the outward, callus-like part of a person produced by bodily and worldly elements. This underlying plane or substance becomes visible when the superinduced exterior is removed. Yet I cannot rightly say how it is removed - only that the matter is portrayed in this way, that when it has been cast aside, something like a round, soft body or brain is portrayed, and that the person subsequently, when living from this body, now acts in accordance with his or her inward character, by which they govern their outward elements. But because the outward elements are heaps of the individual's personal [qualities of life], they cannot be governed by the gentle inward body in such a way that it shines forth, except by a constant reflection upon one's actions and life, these being the criteria from which the wise will usually judge a human character. That beneath this there is again a similar substance, still softer, I cannot doubt, because inside are the remains [of goodness] that are preserved by the Lord, and which the Lord Alone knows of. 1748, 18 February.