277. All the qualities belonging to the three degrees of the natural mind are contained in the works done through actions of the body. A knowledge of degrees, which we have presented in this part of the work, enables us to reveal this secret, that all the qualities of a person's mind or his will and intellect are present in his actions or works, being contained in them almost as the visible and invisible constituents are in a seed, fruit or egg. The actions or works themselves do not appear other than as they do in their outward forms, but still they have present in them countless elements in their inward constituents. For they have present in them the forces of the whole body's motor fibers acting in concert, and all the components of the mind which prompt and direct those forces-components which we have previously shown to be of three degrees. Consequently, because actions or works have present in them all the components of the mind, they have present in them all the components of the will, or all the affections of the person's love, which constitute the first degree. They have present in them all the components of the intellect, or all the thoughts of the person's perception, which form the second degree. And they have present in them all the components of the memory, or all the ideas of the person's thought drawn from the memory and most immediately present in his speech, which provide the third degree. When these are channeled into a course of action, they produce works, and although the prior elements are not apparent in the works seen in their external form, still they are actually present in them. It may be see above in nos. 209-216 that the last degree embraces, contains, and is the foundation of the prior degrees; and in nos. 217-221, that degrees of height exist in their fullness and power in their last degree.