THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE 



help. Sympathy is not, in this sense a genial 

 mistaken philosophy, the discovery of slaves. It 

 is the new life-blood of every group formation, 

 every higher organization of individuals. If, 

 in my body, which is actually a co-operative of 

 millions of cells, I experience in my brain a 

 blow on my hand, it is the most positive proof 

 of the existence of a true co-operative, that 

 stands in opposition to the rest of the world. 

 The active result is not a slave-like fellow-suf- 

 fering, but an act of help. I choose from the 

 brain the most purposeful act to protect the 

 hand. So I understand, if I hear a man on the 

 street call for help, that he is a man, even if I 

 do not know his name; a man and therefore a 

 member of my great humanity body. The bless- 

 ings of this co-operative structure are countless, 

 this marking of limits to the sphere of the gi*eat 

 battle-field, within the bounds of which complete 

 harmony, unity and feeling of solidarity rule 

 among all the members of the association. In 

 these neutral fields, a practical division of labor 

 is introduced, the guiding star of all human 

 development. In such an association one stands 

 for all and all for one. Each one does not need to 

 do everything; if he especially likes one thing, 

 has one peculiar capacity in which he excels, 

 if he has been richly endowed with gifts either 

 by birth or by some coincidence of fate, all can 

 obtain the highest advantage therefrom and 

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