ted colls, and in this sc 

 tion of analogies will ( 

 the social organism. : 



of society, when in r 

 ganglia. 



think for the common weal: the philosopher, the scientist. 

 the investigator stand in the front rank as brains: even the 

 inventing mechanic should have high rank, and all such 

 thinker in spite of the fact that they are not so recognized 

 popularly. Heretofore, and to a great extent to-day. the real 

 brains of a community are neglected, starved. In times ot 

 dearth they are the first to suffer, just as the reasoning power 

 abates in sickness, and emotionalism develops. 



must occur before natural analogies shall be recognized as 



capable of being erected into a science. At present in this 



its profunditv and capacity fo*r exactitude have not been seen. 

 One consideration alone baffled the carrying out of analogies, 

 and that is, that in comparing an organism to a nation, it \va* 

 considered necessary to make use only of living material, when 

 in reality living material coheres with the inorganic, or what i- 

 called the « formed or dead material " of Beale. 1 1 

 tions of the body there is use for such part- as th< 

 as machinery of all kinds, the telegraph, etc., are essential 



