FATALISM OR FREEDOM 



the environmental agents that are normal 

 and typical for the species. Any consid- 

 erable departure from this typical environ- 

 mental setting results In atypical or 

 abnormal development, and further de- 

 parture results In failure to develop at all 

 — death. And even within the normal 

 range of environmental variables the 

 course of the unfolding of the original 

 nature and the fabrication of the added 

 patterns of the second nature within this 

 original warp and weft are shaped from 

 day to day by the previous day's experi- 

 ence. 



This experience may affect the external 

 form of the body, as in Chinese foot-bind- 

 ing, it may affect the chemical balance of 

 physiological processes, as in deficiency of 

 the pancreas, resulting In diabetes, It may 

 affect the mental vigor, as In psychic 

 trauma or nervous shock. The Illustra- 

 tions chosen are of subnormal develop- 

 ment arising from defect or a limitation 

 imposed upon free growth and freely run- 

 ning physiological processes. Conversely, 

 free growth in all of these fields is pro- 

 moted by exercise, by the normal use of 

 the native capacities, mental as well as 

 physiological. 



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