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other world otherwise than through its 

 upbuilding by the dying human gen- 

 erations under the new conditions that 

 exist over there. 



As a preliminary experiment in order 

 to find out if the soul is indispensable 

 to the life of the organism, or if the 

 cells possibly might do without the 

 soul, we may appropriately remove the 

 latter from an organism and thus di- 

 rectly observe the importance of the 

 soul for the cells. 



But how can this be done, or at least, 

 how may we deprive the organism of 

 all influence from the soul? The 

 physiologists have proved the possibil- 

 ity of such an experiment. It is fully 

 established that the soul communicates 

 with the body through the brain proper, 

 or the cerebrum, and experience shows 

 that this important organ may be re- 

 moved and yet the body continue to 

 live. We will here give briefly the re- 

 sults of such experiments made with 

 animals. 



If the brain be removed from a dove 



