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a man out of protoplasm, is the only road and the 

 only mode of getting out of the present absurd 

 social condition. And, moreover, we want to show 

 that, as man is a result of universal mechanics, the 

 intelligence, the function of an organ whose genesis 

 can be followed from the lowest animals intelli- 

 gence, we say, is a function of Nature, 



We have said elsewhere that it is impossible to 

 establish a priority between organ and function, 

 that they are terms that have become separated 

 mentally ; but in Nature the unity and coexistence 

 of both terms are absolute, so that it can be 

 deduced and enforced that Nature is the patrimony 

 of humanity, as air is of the lungs. 



Man must be freed from these hard and fast 

 meshes which cripple society too much for the 

 brain to find its natural expansion in the midst of 

 the infinity of Nature. The fact of society being 

 exposed to want of money, which is scarce, so as 

 to enhance its value, is like an alarm of fire being 

 given in a theatre full of people, where the insuffi- 

 ciency of exits inevitably causes a large number of 

 victims. 



