334 ■ The Unity of the Organism 



sion has gradually become with the advance toward the cli- 

 max of the gigantic struggle) into which each has gravitated 

 has much the appearance of the naturalness and inevitability 

 presented by the falling of a stone or the flowing of water. 

 The case grows so significant at this point that I must par- 

 ticularize somewhat more than I have heretofore. A becomes 

 an acknowledged leader in "drives" for Red Cross funds, 

 Liberty Bond sales, etc. B becomes a regular consultant 

 on the knitting of Red Cross articles. C is a highly skilled 

 deviser and maker of dishes from "substitute" foods. D 

 is appointed an official of the National Food Administra- 

 tion. E becomes an official teacher of girls and women as to 

 the peculiar duties and obligations of their sex in war times. 

 F concentrates nearly the whole of his physical energy upon 

 an elaboration of the view that a victory over Germany and 

 her allies cannot be really complete without being spiritual 

 as well as material — that the philosophy or theory of life 

 being fought for by Germany must be overthrown as well as 

 her armed forces. Of the forty adult members of the group 

 fully one-half have been incited in a special degree to some 

 activity that has a distinct personal character, some of these, 

 as above indicated, being very pronouncedly so. The per- 

 sonality of these reactions comes to view most distinctly in 

 the fact, absolutely certain to an observer whose acquain- 

 tance with the persons has been intimate and has extended 

 over some years, that no one of those who has settled into 

 one of the special, definite, and important pieces of work 

 could wholly replace any of the others in their special tasks. 

 Probably each could do something at the "job" of any of 

 the others were conditions such as to force him to try; but 

 success under such conditions would surely be partial, very 

 much so in some of the cases. 



This automatic definition and classification of persons sub- 

 ject to a common major stimulus, with nearly the same gen- 

 eral environic conditions, and with almost complete freedom 



