REAL FREEDOM 



see the substance of things hoped for and 

 make this substance a reality as a motive 

 of present conduct and character building. 

 We have eaten of the tree of knowledge 

 and natural freedom on the human plane 

 literally makes us as gods, knowing good 

 and evil, enjoying the good, fearing the 

 evil, consciously shaping conduct and char- 

 acter and so creating new Ideals of social 

 and personal welfare. There Is satisfac- 

 tion In good achieved, in Ideals approxi- 

 mated. In progress recognized. In hope en- 

 tertained. These are all natural functions 

 of our bodies. And the fact that we are 

 free to perform these functions which are 

 denied to the brutes, makes of human free- 

 dom to live, to grow and consciously to 

 participate In shaping human life and evo- 

 lution, a supernal achievement. This free- 

 dom carries with it the highest human 

 satisfactions. It is worth the price that 

 mankind at his best has always been will- 

 ing to pay for his freedom. 



But who am I who claim this real free- 

 dom? Is there still the suspicion that in 

 this ostensibly scientific discussion the 

 metaphysical ego of the schoolmen has 

 slipped In by the back door while we were 

 looking the other way? I think not. The 

 "I" who makes decisions and exercises free 



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