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which expresses the chief characteristic of organic evolution. 

 We have reached the all-important truth that the progress of 

 life on the globe has been the continuous equilibration of the 

 organism with its environment. We need now only go a 

 step farther in order to obtain a formula which will not only 

 express the distinguishing characteristic of Life itself, but 

 will also serve as an immediate basis for our inquiries into 

 the phenomena of mind and of society. 



