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organism show the twofold strains of Physis 

 and Psyche, though in very, different grada- 

 tions. These twin deities are completely in- 

 tertwined and Intel-grown ; the smallest mi- 

 croscopic cell, yea, the least granule of the 

 protoplasmic mass of the cell are their com- 

 mon progeny, and manifest their common 

 basic character, physical and psychical. Still 

 this double godhood of the Biocosmos is deep- 

 ly discriminated within itself, the twins are 

 very different from each other, quite opposites 

 indeed. Psyche is the unseen, the architect- 

 onic, ultra-microscopical; Physis is the vis- 

 ible, the' extended, the material of the edi- 

 fice furnished from the outside by the Cos- 

 mos, which is also in its way psychical. More- 

 over, of the two divinities, Psyche is the as- 

 piring, the limit-transcending, also the con- 

 troller of its mate Physis, who is heavy, ter- 

 restrial, unwinged, and furnishes all the mi- 

 crosopy generously to the scientist. It may 

 be added that Psyche is not altogether con- 

 tented with her life-lot; she feels herself 

 clogged by her other part, though also divine ; 

 she longs for separation, when she is com- 

 pletely self-controlled and autonomous a 

 state which she will yet attain, though in all 

 Nature this remains an ideal end. Still when 

 she has gained her autonomy, and separated 

 from her associate she will feel herself finite, 



