CHAPTER X. 



The Organic Relationship Between the 

 Soul and the Cells. 



HITHERTO only little study has 

 been given to the spiritual quali- 

 ties of the cells, and such investiga- 

 tions must always meet with certain 

 insurmountable difficulties. The reason 

 is that we only judge others by our- 

 selves and we are therefore unable to 

 understand the spiritual life of any be- 

 ing that is not one of our kin. 



If a being stands higher or lower 

 than ourselves its spiritual experi- 

 ences, if not entirely different from 

 ours, are at least limited and modified 

 by the being's own power of compre- 

 hension. If, however, these beings 

 show manifestations of life that we un- 

 derstand, we must conclude that their 

 spiritual or mental life is correspond- 

 ingly active. 



