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and excited about it。 At the same time; as she focused the light

on her field; and saw the plant…animal lying shadowy in a

boundless light; she was fretting over a conversation she had

had a few days ago with Dr。 Frankstone; who was a woman doctor

of physics in the college。

〃No; really;〃 Dr。 Frankstone had said; 〃I dont see why we

should attribute some special mystery to life……do you? We

dont understand it as we understand electricity; even; but that

doesnt warrant our saying it is something special; something

different in kind and distinct from everything else in the

universe……do you think it does? May it not be that life

consists in a plexity of physical and chemical activities; of

the same order as the activities we already know in science? I

dont see; really; why we should imagine there is a special

order of life; and life alone〃

The conversation had ended on a note of uncertainty;

indefinite; wistful。 But the purpose; what was the purpose?

Electricity had no soul; light and heat had no soul。 Was she

herself an impersonal force; or conjunction of forces; like one

of these? She looked still at the unicellular shadow that lay

within the field of light; under her microscope。 It was alive。

She saw it move……she saw the bright mist of its ciliary

activity; she saw the gleam of its nucleus; as it slid across

the plane of light。 What then was its will? If it was a

conjunction of forces; physical and chemical; what held these

forces unified; and for what purpose were they unified?

For what purpose were the incalculable physical and chemical

activities nodalized in this shadowy; moving speck under her

microscope? What was the will which nodalized them and created

the one thing she saw? What was its intention? To be itself? Was

its purpose just mechanical and limited to itself?

It intended to be itself。 But what self? Suddenly in her mind

the world gleamed strangely; with an intense light; like the

nucleus of the creature under the microscope。 Suddenly she had

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