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greatest number of cells he is far surpassed 

 by the whale and the elephant. Still in him 

 the cellular structure is most highly organ- 

 ized, with greatest diversity and complexity. 

 Nor is he the longest-lived of living exist- 

 ence^ there are trees, animals and birds 

 which get older. Still through creating insti- 

 tutions his individual Psyche remains longer 

 in evidence upon our earth than any merely 

 physical shape of vital Nature. Julius Caesar 

 is yet among us, not to speak of Christ. From 

 this point of view man wins an institutional 

 immortality which is no longer dependent on 

 his cell-life. 



The analogy of cellular association to 

 human association is noteworthy. The 

 movement of society in History shows man's 

 mind associative as well as his body. Human 

 souls associate and form bodies (institu- 

 tional, as a state, or a church, or even a club), 

 as well as human cells. We think of the lit- 

 tle Greek City-States as the starting point 

 of European political association, constitut- 

 ing rather an aggregate of separate cells, 

 while the Roman City-State unites them and 

 brings them- (often by force) into one organ- 

 ism. Still we must not construe the State 

 or other institutions as biological, as some 

 philosophers are inclined to do. Both biology 

 and political science are manifestations of 



