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to the cells very nearly what we mean 

 by the word Providence. The soul per- 

 forms, in the interest of the cells, such 

 a higher, regulating and guiding func- 

 tion. 



The organism, then, is divided into 

 two sections, separated by a sharply 

 defined boundary. As independent and 

 autocratic as the cells are in one of 

 them, is the soul in the other. This 

 bisection in two widely separated 

 spheres is in itself remarkable, but may 

 be explained, if we remember that the 

 organism is an individual composed of 

 lower individuals. As different as 

 these classes of individuals are in their 

 nature and faculties, equally incongru- 

 ous are also the realms in which they 

 dwell. The cells move in the atomic 

 and molecular world. To them the 

 molecules and atoms appear with a 

 clearness comparable to the plainness 

 with which the exterior world reveals 

 itself to us. It is natural then that the 

 cells attend to the vegetative functions 

 of the organism which just fall within 



