FATALISM OR FREEDOM 



future, for his personal advancement, his 

 social obligations and privileges, for the 

 ripening and stabilizing of his character. 

 And he knows that the attainment of these 

 ideals depends largely upon his own ef- 

 forts. This is not theory. It is based 

 upon the sum of human experience. He 

 has satisfaction in these attainments. 



These satisfactions, too, are natural 

 functions of our bodies. And they are the 

 functions that make the life of a self-con- 

 scious personality worth while to him. 

 While he is consciously participating in the 

 orderly processes which constitute his life 

 he experiences a joy of living, of striving 

 and succeeding. And even beyond this he 

 has satisfaction in his unrealized hopes, 

 his Ideals and idealizations. 



All living Is a creative process in that 

 old materials are fabricated in new pat- 

 terns, and in organic evolution some of 

 these patterns are preserved and from 

 them ever new designs are constructed. 

 Progressive organic evolution, that is, the 

 unfolding and elaboration of the inner na- 

 ture of the living substance in lawful pat- 

 terns, is a natural causal sequence. It is 

 creative. New organic patterns appear at 

 every turn of the evolutionary process. 

 These new patterns are designed and fab- 



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