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the cells would soon die of starvation. 

 The nourishment in the stomach is of 

 the same importance to the cells as the 

 provisions stored in the warehouse of 

 the community are to the human in- 

 dividuals. These also would die from 

 hunger if they let the victuals remain 

 in the stores. The people must under- 

 take to distribute, prepare and con- 

 sume the food. Similarly the cells 

 would starve to death unless they pre- 

 pared the food in their common storage 

 to suit their wants. The nourishment 

 must be transformed into blood through 

 the whole complicated process we call 

 digestion. When this is done, the cells 

 are able to satisfy their craving, and 

 simultaneously a new hunger-feeling 

 arises in the soul. Although it is the 

 same food that satisfies both parties, it 

 is the same food administered in differ- 

 ent forms, at a different time, and in a 

 different mode. We are concerned with 

 dissimilar beings possessed of wants at 

 once different and yet most intimately 

 associated. 



