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been completely overlooked, but which to us 

 at least seems to negative completely all theor 

 ies of this kind. It is the simplicity of the hu 

 man soul. Father Wasmann himself argues 

 nobly in favor of this principle which, never 

 theless, his speculation would completely con 

 tradict. According to the teaching of St. 

 Thomas and all Christian philosophers the 

 soul is the first principle of life "primum prin- 

 cipium vifae." According to Father Wasmann's 

 hypothesis this first principle of life is intro 

 duced into an organized being already endowed 

 with the life principle. Consequently in Fath 

 er Wasmann's man there are of necessity two 

 principles of life, one the original life of the 

 incomplete man, the other the human soul 

 specially created. Now how do these two prin 

 ciples of life existing within each of us act? 

 Do they operate separately or conjointly? It 

 is hardly conceivable that the first life princi 

 ple is absorbed by the second, and it is equally 

 improbable that it is annihilated by the second 

 or by God to make room for the second. In 

 fact a whole swarm of spectral questions emerge 

 from Father Wasmann's speculation which he 



