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would first result an evil, however, which 

 would be removed by the development of two 

 centres of katabolic activity. Each in turn 

 would sustain consciousness while the other 

 underwent anabolic changes. Consciousness 

 would thus be a rhythm, a movement, and a 

 destruction appearing in turn at two centres. 

 There would be a rise of consciousness as each 

 centre increased its activity and then a decline 

 in consciousness until the increase of activity 

 at the other centre again raised its level. The 

 struggle for the continuity of consciousness 

 would then consist in having these two centres 

 so alternate in their activity that a given level 

 is maintained. 



This condition creates an evil almost fatal to 

 a continuous consciousness. The two centres 

 of activity, in becoming habitual, tend to create 

 cell division, and two cells are soon formed, in 

 each of which there is only one active centre, 

 so that new centres must be formed to main- 

 tain the rhythm demanded by a continuous 

 consciousness ; and when developed they again 

 divide the cell and destroy the continuity. 

 Such are the endless attempts to reach a con- 



