1 62 Heredity and Social Progress 



vicious act all those ideal relations that are 

 necessary to revitalize the dormant part. Then 

 a vice becomes to its devotees what God is 

 to the enthusiast, or the object of love to the 

 lover, and includes all the complementary re- 

 lations necessary to arouse the full organism. 

 It is therefore a religion, but a bad one. It is 

 a love, but degrading. Its origin, none the 

 less, is similar to that of other ideals, and its 

 effectiveness as elation must be admitted. It 

 can be eliminated only by making men normal 

 and by giving them some outlet for every 

 impulse. 



SUMMARY 



1. Psychological distinctions should conform to the 

 physical background to which they correspond. 



2. Will is a manifestation of katabolic activity and is 

 more pronounced in centres where the response to stimuli 

 is quick and certain. A strong will means therefore the 

 dominance of katabolic centres. 



3. Attention is not will. It is best where changes come 

 slowly and abide the longest time. It is greatest in anabolic 

 cells, and the power to think clearly grows as thought cells 

 become anabolic. Decision is katabolic; thought is ana- 

 bolic. They are therefore apposites, and the one grows as 

 the other falls off. 



4. Pleasure is not an emotion, but is the index of growth 



