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a pantheistical swallowing-up of the individ- 

 ual is here prefigured, but that co-operant 

 order which secures the individual in his free 

 development. And finally to make the bio- 

 logical connection, it may be stated that even 

 the simple living cell shows this power of 

 association. It unites, for instance with its 

 fellow-cells in order to form the human or- 

 gan, yea to form the total human organism, 

 with a marvelous variety of adjustment in 

 the one little cell-life. But this biological or- 

 ganization of each individual is to be carried 

 up into the psychical organization of all these 

 individuals who thus become one associated 

 whole, which we may faintly forecast as the 

 universal institution of the race. Possibly, 

 then, man may be able to master the cell-or- 

 ganization of his own framework, and to 

 mould anew the Human Form consciously. 



Still at present the plasticity of the life- 

 stuff to the indwelling Psyche appears to be 

 halted for a period of inner development and 

 higher association. But therewith we have 

 moved out of the science of Nature into that 

 of Psychology proper, which, though suc- 

 ceeding Nature in the order of development 

 must finally go back to it and organize it 

 anew, putting it into its ultimate scientific 

 place in the great totality of all science, psy- 

 chical and physical. So man may now deem 



