XI 



THIS CREATIVE HUMAN SOUL^ 

 By Michael Pupin 



IN the Inorganic universe we know the structure 

 of the co-ordlnators and many details of their 

 co-ordinating functions; In the organic, how- 

 ever, we do not know them. We know the results of 

 their operations, but we do not know the various co- 

 ordinating steps which lead to this result, not even In 

 so simple a process as fermentation. We cannot say, 

 to-day, that these steps are of a purely mechanical 

 nature, as in the case of the Inorganic universe, nor 

 can science deny It. 



Suppose, however, that some day we do succeed In 

 demonstrating that the co-ordinators in the molecules 

 of life and in their cellular microcosms are physical 

 structures similar to, and operating In ways similar 

 to, those In the organic universe, that will not mean a 

 victory for the mechanistic view of life. There will 

 still remain the mystery of the living soul and of Its 

 Internal world, particularly that of the living soul of 

 man. Can the language of science describe the crea- 

 tive process which brings this Internal world Into exist- 

 ence without employing the vocabulary of speculative 

 philosophy? 



1 From The NeuJ Reformation. Copyright, 1924, 1926, 1927, by 

 Charles Scribner's sons. By permission of the publishers. 



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