AS THE BIOLOGIST SEES IT 



outside of Nature, unrelated to other 

 kinds of creatures, and hence to be 

 studied quite apart from other forms of 

 life. Indeed, in face of the many facts 

 that have been revealed concerning man s 

 relation to other extinct and living crea 

 tures and concerning the degree of control 

 exercised over his body and behavior by 

 natural law, it is most puzzling to me to 

 note to what an extent there still exists, 

 among many persons of sufficient educa 

 tion to have had these facts brought to 

 their attention, a disregard of the neces 

 sary significance of these facts. I can 

 understand, although I do not share, a 

 certain feeling of repugnance to accepting 

 the situation forced on us by scientific 

 fact and logical induction. I can sym 

 pathize with, although not accept, the 

 position of those who persist in wishing 

 and trying to look on themselves and 

 humankind in general as of a different 

 clay endowed with a different breath and 

 existing in a different sphere from the 

 rest of life. I can feel the egocentric 

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