﻿ADAPTIVENESS 
  AND 
  PURPOSIVENESS 
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  is 
  also 
  purposive 
  through 
  and 
  through. 
  And 
  if 
  it 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  

   all 
  this 
  the 
  organism 
  is 
  merely 
  obeying 
  its 
  hereditary 
  constitution 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  react 
  to 
  an 
  appropriate 
  environment, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  observed 
  

   that 
  this 
  hereditary 
  constitution" 
  is 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  

   variations, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  seem 
  like 
  experiments 
  in 
  self-expression, 
  

   and 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  innate 
  variations 
  are, 
  so 
  to 
  speak, 
  cards 
  which 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  played 
  by 
  organismal 
  endeavour. 
  This 
  endeavour 
  is 
  ipso 
  

   facto 
  purposive 
  and 
  is 
  along 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  previous 
  play 
  in 
  some 
  

   measure 
  selected 
  by 
  the 
  organism. 
  

  

  Passing 
  above 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  organised 
  purposiveness, 
  we 
  

   may 
  recognise 
  instinctive 
  purposiveness, 
  often 
  with 
  its 
  paradoxical 
  

   quality 
  of 
  making 
  towards 
  a 
  goal 
  which 
  the 
  individual 
  never 
  ex- 
  

   periences. 
  At 
  a 
  higher 
  level, 
  among 
  intelligent 
  animals, 
  it 
  becomes 
  

   possible 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  a 
  perceived 
  purpose 
  an 
  imaging 
  of 
  the 
  end 
  

   which 
  has 
  compelling 
  force. 
  Thus 
  we 
  are 
  led 
  to 
  an 
  appreciation 
  

   not 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  pervasiveness 
  of 
  mentality 
  in 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms, 
  

   but 
  of 
  the 
  all-penetrating 
  purposiveness 
  as 
  well. 
  

  

  