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of satisfying the need, but also differ- 

 ent kinds of activity; but the common 

 substance might yet under certain con- 

 ditions so unite and interlink the dif- 

 ferent labors, that the result would 

 show a mutual co-operation. 



We shall presently see that the soul 

 and the cells are so united with each 

 other that the connecting link is the or- 

 ganism per se. From the point of view 

 of the cells the organism, with its dif- 

 ferent members and organs, was noth- 

 ing but the collective expressions of in- 

 dividual wants. Now man compre- 

 hends as his needs only the wants of 

 the organs; in other words, the col- 

 lective wants of the cells are the indi- 

 vidual wants of the soul. Experience 

 teaches us that the soul has no direct 

 comprehension of the cells, but only of 

 their organic unions. To prove this it 

 may be sufficient to point out that be- 

 fore the discovery of the microscope, 

 man knew absolutely nothing of the 

 existence of these beings, much less 

 that they were the all-governing forces 



