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many functions which the cells could 

 not perform without the co-operation 

 of the soul. Vision, hearing, smelling, 

 tasting and feeling would be entirely 

 meaningless to the cells without the 

 aid of the soul. The same is the case 

 in a high degree with the motions of 

 the body which also require such a 

 higher guidance. The dove could fly, 

 the dog walk, and so forth, but the 

 motions were relatively purposeless. 

 The predetermined plan was lacking. 

 The cells could assimilate the food, 

 when brought into the body, but they 

 could not search it in nature. Such 

 action requires a power of combination 

 that exceeds their measure of intelli- 

 gence. 



We see consequently that the cells 

 may do without the soul in such func- 

 tions as are not related to the exterior 

 world comprehensible through our 

 senses. Here they need the guidance 

 of a higher, more developed intelli- 

 gence. In the outside world with its 

 more complicated relations, the soul is 



