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tions of consciousness and more readily may be 

 assumed to be the seat of consciousness than 

 any other part of the body. In fact, by a 

 process of exclusion it would seem to be the 

 only possible seat of consciousness, because 

 the necessary specialization of the somatic 

 cells takes from them the general responsive- 

 ness needed for a continuous consciousness. 

 Nor could the rhythm of the body be estab- 

 lished unless it began at the first division 

 of the germ cell through which the organism 

 developed. If rhythms are the only means of 

 sustaining consciousness, they would of neces- 

 sity be a function of the original germ cell 

 and must continue in connection with it. 

 The rhythm of the germ cell creates struc- 

 ture in the somatic cells, and the movements 

 resulting from this structure excite a non- 

 structural response in the germ cell. Move- 

 ment thus builds structure, and structure, in 

 its reaction, excites memory. 



The fact of cell division also strengthens 

 the belief that consciousness is sustained at 

 two centres in the germ cell. Each cell has 

 a centrosome which appears to be its dynamic 



