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shown. On the contrary, it is only by 

 those needs that can only be satisfied 

 by a community that men are driven 

 to unite socially. Similarly with the 

 cells. Only by building up an organ- 

 ism are they able to satisfy their com- 

 mon wants. What society is to human 

 individuals, the natural organism is 

 to the cells. No trade or industry can 

 be found in the state that does not, 

 serve to provide for some common want 

 of the people, and no tissue nor organ 

 exists in the natural organism but for 

 satisfying collective needs of the cells. 

 These collective needs are at the same 

 time the higher needs of the individu- 

 als. The organism provides the power 

 that the isolated individual does not 

 possess. Organization allows that spe- 

 cializing of effort which so essentially 

 contributes to the productivity of la- 

 bor. The more limited the operations 

 each individual has to perform, the 

 more rapidly and perfectly are they 

 done. 



Although the cell lives in a world 



