What is it? Is it personality or individuality, a thing of mind or matter? Do the physical senses constitute it, or is it an idea of Soul? If material forms do not express it, and it be only spiritual, how can it be discerned or preserved, and how will individuals be recognized?
Identity is included in the substance of Principle, which is constant radiation, and is reflected and expressed in the identity of individuals. Principle is infinite, and must be infinitely expressed; hence the multiplicity and diversity of individuals. Identity is as indestructible as the Principle in which it exists, and can no more be dissolved than the Eternal Mind in which it lives.
Infinitude and identity are necessary expressions of Intelligence. Among men, his is considered the master mind whose compass includes the greatest number and variety of ideas, and which is able to give to the world each and every idea, with its own individuality stamped indelibly upon it.
