286 ORGANIC EVOLVTION CONSIDERED 



when and how to work, and how much to do. Each 

 works for itself and for all the others. They con- 

 stitute a well-organized, well-trained society of work- 

 ers in which the division of labor is carried to per- 

 fection. They are so well trained that most of them 

 perforin their work without being under conscious 

 control. 



I look again and see within, seated upon the throne 

 of the brain, a king of wondrous power and wisdom. 

 I hear him say, " I see and know myself. I am kiug 

 within this realm." 



I see numerous messages of various kinds gliding 

 noiselessly into him through the delicate nerve fibers, 

 and I see him send back swift and unerring answers. 

 Again I hear him say, " I rule also a realm outside of 

 myself, and receive tribute from all things on earth 

 and from afar." 



I see him looking out throngh the windows and 

 doors of his soul and holding communion with the 

 external world. The morning breeze touches his 

 brow and he smiles in recognition. The sense of 

 taste adds enjoyment to the eating of his food. The 

 ear reveals to him the world of sound and of har- 

 mony, and the eye that of form and color and of end- 

 less activities and beauties. 



I see him with instruments of his own invention 

 measure the distance to the sun, moon and planets, 

 and hear him declare with mathematical precision the 

 times of their coming and going in the heavens. 



I see the streams of past experience flowing into 

 his soul through the channel of memory, and the 

 future brought near by the exercise of his imagination. 



I see his heart glow with love for his fellow-men, 

 his eye kindle with righteous indignation at the sight 

 of outrage, and his conscience tremble at the thought 

 of sin. 



