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inner life of the cell to man, so incon- 

 tiguous is the spiritual life of man to 

 the cell. These beings are so widely 

 separated that they cannot possibly 

 communicate directly with each other, 

 and yet in order to establish a mental 

 or spiritual interrelationship, such 

 communication is just what is neces- 

 sary. 



The soul and the cells must have 

 something in common that is of a 

 purely spiritual nature. As the spirit- 

 ual always is a comprehending sub- 

 stance with nothing but comprehen- 

 sions as its content, the something com- 

 mon to both must consequently have 

 the form of common comprehensions. 

 Not all comprehensions, however, in- 

 cite to activity and a smaller number 

 yet call forth a co-operation of inde- 

 pendently living individuals. But, ob- 

 viously, the perceptions that concern 

 us now must be of the latter kind. The 

 comprehensions in general that induce 

 a being to activity we call wants or 

 appetites. In its desires a being con- 



