WHAT IS PHYSICAL LIFE 



But far and away the Queen of our 

 senses, and higher in rank than eye or ear, 

 is our sense of Touch, because it is the 

 only one of our senses which endows us 

 with entirely new capacities. Yet it is so 

 only in the human being, because in him 

 alone can it do what it does in raising Man 

 to the rank of a true Creator, or one who 

 gives origin to things which would not 

 exist but for his intelligent purpose and 

 design. With these new capacities we can 

 do what we please with anything physical 

 on this physical earth. Thus a large audi- 

 ence may be spellbound by a famous vio- 

 linist who seems to make his instrument 

 sweetly talk. It all then looks so easy. 

 He has no more fingers than I have, but 

 if I should take that instrument in hand 

 it would utter nothing but lamentable 

 squeaks. So another musician commands 

 a high price for each night's performance 

 on the piano, because he has acquired such 

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