FATALISM OR FREEDOM 



turn, has grown up during the exercise of 

 these distinctively vital functions. Every 

 animal below man also controls his own 

 behavior to some extent from within his 

 personal organization. He does what he 

 does In part because of hereditary organ- 

 ization, in part because of present environ- 

 ing Influences, and In part because his in- 

 ternal organization at the moment has 

 been shaped by previous experiences in 

 the course of his individual life. This 

 Inner nature has grown up gradually 

 through the exercise of his own innate 

 powers in adjustment to situations as they 

 arise. 



Man Is no exception to this rule. His 

 Inner nature is vastly more complex than 

 that of any other animal and the influ- 

 ence of his personal experience plays an 

 enormously greater role. Like Insects and 

 beavers and all other animal kind, we do 

 have ourselves under some measure of con- 

 trol, we do control to some degree the 

 world In which we live, and we make a 

 bigger job of It. We cannot deflect the 

 earth from Its orbit, but we can divert 

 Niagara from Its channel and set it to 

 work for us In a water mill. Beavers, too, 

 can dam a stream, but they cannot do as 



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