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manner. One might as well ask whether water 

 is present in hydrogen and oxygen. Doubtless 

 the elements out of which consciousness de- 

 velops are present in the germ cells, in the 

 same sense that the elements of the other 

 psychic processes or of the organs of the body 

 are there present; not as a miniature of the 

 adult condition, but rather in the form of ele- 

 ments or factors, which by a long series of 

 combinations and transformations, due to in- 

 teractions with one another and with the en- 

 vironment, give rise to the fully developed 

 condition. 



Finally there seems good reason for believ- 

 ing that the continuity of consciousness, the 

 continuing sense of identity, is associated with 

 the continuity of organization, for in spite of 

 frequent changes of the materials of which 

 we are composed our sense of identity 

 remains undisturbed. However, the contin- 

 uity of protoplasmic and cellular organization 

 generally remains undisturbed throughout life, 

 and the continuity of consciousness is asso- 

 ciated with this continuity of organization, 

 especially in certain parts of the brain. It is 



