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movement and create for them their environ- 

 ment. This makes a marked difference be- 

 tween the adjustment of an animal and man. 

 The motor organs of simple organisms come 

 in contact with the physical environment, and 

 react directly against it. The motor organs of 

 men are sheltered. The foot or hand does not 

 touch the real environment on which survival 

 depends, but reacts against an environment 

 created for it by the organs of control. The 

 real object that determines why a man in New 

 York survives may be a thousand miles away. 

 There is thus for man environment within 

 environment, each depending on an exterior 

 one against which it reacts. 



Distinction must also be drawn between 

 natural and acquired organs of expression, 

 the hand and foot being in the first class, 

 the tool or machine belonging to the second. 

 So too there are natural and acquired organs 

 of impression. The eye and ear are natural, 

 while the telephone, the newspaper, and art 

 products are acquired organs of impression. 

 These acquired organs make up the capital 

 of a nation, and to the concrete goods com- 



