FATALISM OR FREEDOM 



scientific determinism which places the con- 

 trol of human destiny wholly outside the 

 personality. The fallacy lies in failure to 

 understand the actual organization of the 

 human personality and to see it in its 

 proper setting in the world's events. 



Of all the fates that control my destiny 

 the youngest sister is by far the most 

 comely and the most significant. She is 

 the imminent divinity of creative evolution 

 in the human realm. I know her most 

 intimately, for she is that face of my con- 

 scious personality that looks forward and 

 points the way. She directs and controls 

 my steps, sometimes in a pulse of heedless 

 passion out into the dark and sometimes 

 on a path brightly illumined by the lamp 

 of rational judgment and foresight. I 

 know her well, for she is myself in my 

 moments of self-appraisement, of delib- 

 erate self-determination, of fabrication of 

 purposeful motives and ideals, of creative 

 impulses, of social and moral responsi- 

 bility. 



The conclusion of the whole matter can 

 best be expressed in the words of an an- 

 cient scripture: "Ye shall know the truth 

 and the truth shall make you free." 



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