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emotions are a part of the reactions of their 

 descendants. The reduction and regeneration 

 incident to the emotions may thus be far re- 

 moved from the parts injured or even from 

 the beings injured or destroyed. If this be 

 true, regeneration may be a universal charac- 

 teristic of higher, as well as of lower, organ- 

 isms. The regeneration observed in lower 

 organisms shows what takes place in the 

 higher organisms in the parts affected by 

 their emotions. Emotion, reduction, and re- 

 generation are parts of one process and may 

 be expected to appear in conjunction. 



Let us return to elementary assumptions 

 where the simplicity of the position becomes 

 evident. Cells tend to divide by the forma- 

 tion of two centrosomes at which activity is 

 centred. This creates a rhythm, each centre 

 being active while the other rests. A com- 

 plete division of the cell and the formation 

 of two cells would result, were it not for the 

 strength of the envelope which holds the two 

 parts together. Inside the envelope repeated 

 cell division takes place, but as the organism 

 is bilateral, the original rhythm is perpetuated 



