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foot, arm and hand), have become differenti- 

 ated into separte organs. The biologists of 

 today are trying to obliterate the distinction 

 between Bimana and Quadrumana on anatom- 

 ical grounds; still the outer Form asserts 

 itself and stands up. That is, it degravitates 

 more and more through its inner force, rising 

 from the earth, and seemingly therein less 

 fated. But the animal body restores the line 

 of gravity (in walking and leaping), it re 

 gravitates ; thus it shows the power of locomo- 

 tion, of change of place, in distinction from the 

 Plant, which is rooted to one spot, though it 

 too is often erect, and has a limited power of 

 self-movement. The animal Form moves as a 

 whole and localizes itself, occupying a new 

 space, while the Plant is localized externally, 

 and fixed in the same space. 



Thus the animal Form has attained a cer- 

 tain inner supremacy over itself and shows 

 a Will, yes Free- Will, even if incipient. Self- 

 active from within we see the animal begin 

 to be, and thus it has a center from which the 

 total Form is ruled. The Plant is, on the 

 other hand, inclined to be multicentral, with- 

 out due subordination of its parts ; each organ 

 tends to be the whole of which it is but an 

 organ. Here again we may recall Goethe's 

 aphorism: "The subordination of the parts 

 points to a more perfect organism." 



