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    HAROLD S: ‘ON BURR Blueprint for Immortality The Electric Patterns of Life Loxpox NEVILLE SPEARMAN sae Wl Sandan WP ADP ops soe by Ha Seton Bt 4 ph see pt fh ak may be ary of ano aaa Cad Neer Sec inp aan 6 pe Hd, a fence a Sense by Some CONTENTS Foreword Part ‘VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY Chapter Chapter» Chaper 5 Chapter 4 Chapter 5, Chapter 6. Chapter 7 ‘An Adventure in Science ‘The Course and the Compass ‘The Female Fld ‘The Ubiguitoos Feld ‘The Field asa Signpost Antennae the Universe ‘The Continuing Adventure Part SELECTED Pacis Appendix Bibliography of H.S. Bure 6 6 6 us 185 ILLUSTRATIONS Harold Saxton Burr Fromtispicce Volemeter recommended by the Author page 86 Measurement of hyp candiions age 87 FOREWORD The Universe in which we find ourselves and from which we can not be separated isa place of Law and Order. tis not 2 cident, nor chaos, Te is organized and maintained by an Flecrodynamie Fld capable of determining the positon and movement ofall charged parties For nearly hal 2 century the logical consequences of this theory have ben subjected to nigovouty conteled experimental onditions and met with no contadtions. HLS. Barr PART I Voyage of Discovery CHAPTER ONE An Adventure in Science ‘We live in toublol and diicule times, There are wars and dangers of wat. In many pats ofthe wor there are eel, pro testy crime and lawlessness easels eruption. And ove this ge hange the Sword of Drees of possbe nuclear destruction, “More and more peuple ask themselves despondenty whether Iie has any sense or parpne. Many ate tempted to believe that tan is an accent, lft to grapple with his lonely fate on am insignia plane in abarch and lnwless Universe Ta materialistic, scientific age many find it hand to accept ‘hove religions bef that stained thle forefathers in tines Wwhleho hensssemed as rouble and perilous 3 the present. ‘They would like co believe that man is no acident and thatthe Universe in which he lives sone of a, order and purpose But, dazed bythe methods and ramphs of scence, they ae unl Ingtotakesnything on tase: hey demand sme ‘scent pro or evidene, ‘Unt some forty year ago this demand could not be mt be cause the ncesary eetranie Instruments and fechniqus had hot eon developed, When thee became avaiable, however, 2 “entry mew approach tothe matre of man 2d his place in he Universe bacame posible, For these instruments revealed that rnan-and, in fac, all frms—are ordered and controlled by flectrodyamie fields which can be measured and mapped with, prechion ‘Though almost inconcevaby complicated, the ‘els of life ate of the same nate a the simpler Gls known eo medern Dhysicr and obedient fo de same laws. Like the fs of physi, {hey ates part of the erganization ofthe Universe and are Ine Aenea by he st res se Lik th il of hs, te ang snd dg ues ie ave en realy ey ts expen Ssh so en ee opto an sopeh apne the eso Me er poy eco som ice tna sn On eenteye etal ut fhe Camo cae pve See ctl oe ed srs he Sty an pupa fhe Unter TRO ease te shen cena he vent inste etn tat sree fan Nee te eee tr ion wih any othe in ig stm Hlectodynamie fl are ineible and intangible: and iti ard to visualize them. Buta crude analogy may help to show ‘what the Gls of Iie--L ds for short—do and why they are so important: Mant people who have taken highschool scence will emember that if om lings are scattered on a card held over a magnet they wil arrange themscves inthe pattern of the ines of forge’ ofthe magnet’ Geld. And ifthe lings are thrown away tnd fresh ones seatered on dhe card, the new flings will sume {he same pater asthe ld, ‘Something ike thisthough infty more complicated— happens in the human body Its molecles and cells ae con Stanly being form spare acid rebulle with fresh material fom the fond we eat. But, thanks go the controling Ll, the new molecules and cls ate rebuilt as before and arrange themselves inthe same pattern a5 the old ones, Modern reseatch with apg” cements as eveaed that the ‘materials of our bodes and brags ate renewed much more often than was previously reabze. All the pron fa. the body, for ‘ample, tured over every six months and, in some organs Sls the Liver the protein e enewed more fequently. When ‘we meta fiend we ave not sen frst months there snot ane ‘elec in his face which wae there when we st aw hi, But, thanks to his contoling el, the new molecules have fallen int the old fara patter and we can recognize his face. Unt modern instruments reveled dhe existence of che cone ling L-fels, bskgists were at als o explain bow our bodes ‘keep shape through ceaseless metabolin and. changes of Inaeral, Now the mystery has been solved, the eletrodymamic Feld ofthe bay serves ava matrix or mold, which preserves the ‘Shape’ ot arrangement of any mateal posed ito I, however fen the material may be change ‘When cook leaks af a jellpmould she knows the shape ‘ofthe jelly she wll en out oft Im much the sme way, in Spection with instruments of an Uf in its nial stage an ‘veal the fotae ‘shape’ or azngement ofthe materia wil ould, When the Lela fogs ea for insane, is examined ‘leirially its posible to show the future Toaton ofthe o's tervous stem because the frog's Leds the matrix which wil Aetemine the form which wil develop from the ene. (See Page 61) Taspection of Leds done with special voltmeters and elec twoder—to be describe shortly—which revel different patterns br gradients of voltages in deren pats ofthe Led To tom tothe cook, when she uses a battered mould she expects to find some dents or bulges in the jelly. Siulany, “fateed” Lfelé—that is, one with abnaral vokage paters “a give warning of something ‘out of shape nthe body, somnctines in advance of actual symptoms Tor example, malignancy inthe ovary has ben revealed by Lol measurements before any cna sign could be ahserved, Such measurements, chereare, could help doctors to detect cam eccatly, when there beter chance ofteatng itsucesly. (Geepaze rand Dr. Langman’ paper in Prt IL) ‘Nature Kees an infinite warty of lectrodysame ‘lly: moulds on her shelves with which she shapes the counts dif ‘rent forms of life that exist on thi planet, [els have been ‘ketcad and measured not ony in men sd women bu als in fsnimal, tees plans srs exas and even in ope of the lowest 8 forms of he, dine moulds (Of these Lids, those of wees can ell something that others ‘cannot because recs do not move about, lve to a great age and {Gn be hitch up to recording insrumeats for long periods of time. For many years a maple tein New Haven and an elm in ‘Old Lyme were continuously conneced to recording volemetrs ‘something which, obvewly, canbot be dane with men and “These long records showed thatthe Lifes of res vary not oly with slight stad darkness but also with the eee of the ‘oon, with magnetic storms and with suaspos. (Seepage 97 amd Mr, Markson’s paper in Part IL) Ti such extatrestrial forces can inflnce the relatively simple Lfidds of toes we would expect them to have an even fete influence on the more complex [felis of men and ‘women; and there fs evidence that they do "These sturdy Connection es, the, have helped to answer the question which pllosophers have dapated fr centuries and inhi many ask so atausly today For they have shown that Tie om this planet sno lated rom the Universe uta part of itsuseepelle to those ieee forees tha exe thei i ce aco he ask stances of spac. 3 Ll are detected and examined by measuring the diference sn voltage between two points oor else tothe surface of the living form. In men and syomen LGeldvltges can be tmeasured by placing one elected onthe forehead andthe other fn the chest e the hard. Alternatively the index finger ofeach hand i dipp int bowls of saline ston connected to he vot: reer In special eases vllage readings may be ken y apply ing the elects to sme spetc organ or part of the body Tn rr, the electrodes ae in contact through sale bridges with ‘he cambiv layer, one about two fet above the oes. “Thee vallape meneements have nothing 10 do with the alternating electri currents which doctors nn he hear apd {the rain They ate pe voltage potentials which can yi ony 4 an infinitesimal amount of diet cuteat. That s why Lefelds foul not be detected before the invenion of the vachum-tube Salemcter, which requires veually mo curent fr its operation. Tho ordinary voltmeter needs so much current to swing the peal that would dain away the Llleld potentials and make any reading sees not impossible "When Si John ming, at Englishman, discovered that elec: trons lo fr 3 beated wire ina vacuum and Le DeForest an ‘American, found out how tous hem wah 2 gid is unlikly ht either of them eve agin eat the vacua tube which reste from ther dicoveries would one day make posble a thew approach o he mystery of hfe And Ie was many yeas be ore the vacum rate had ban sufiienty perfected to make che ‘acuum-tbe volincter a reliable iastroment nthe early days of is researches, sme forty years ago, the author spent three years developing his own instrumenss To Highly sensktve and alae vacuum-tube voltmeters ae avi he commercially aod are eo be found in mest physics labora forisand electronic factors. "There is nothing mysterous, then, about the Instruments required fo measre Lfeld voltages Bue thee are harder 0 Incase than thow ofa cat or ransstorvadiohatery, Spec letras must be sed ad the methods outlined in Chapter 2 fnvst be fllowel rigidly and expitly for suecesfl ress ‘Butit wl ben more ficult train dots and eheirasistants to read and interpret Lfld voltages than ie was to train them to ase decrcardlographe or elects encephalographs. Extensive medial eof Led readings, however, may not be seen for some te, For Sook over thity yeas before clectao- Cavdiograptchnigues were perfected o the pont where they ‘were wel in decors” fics, 4 In the ease of Les there sno technical reson why their tne by doctors should take so Tang. Mdern instruments are ‘elable and any inteligent man or woman cam Tera the tech 5 niques of aking and inerpreting Ld readings ina shor period tof tensive instruction. [est he hoped that many will do case Leis cn be helpful to doctors, psychiatrist and others in various ways nmediate and practical ress, in fc, cam stem from this adventoe in srence—qulteapar fom the assurance eat human Ife has purpose an that man soot lated from the Univese ‘hic have made the adventore even more worthwhile “As mentioned eal, abnoemalite in Led wallages can give sxvane warning of futare symptoms before dhse ae evident. Thi doe not apply only to the erly detection of ance. As more research ie dane and L-felds are beter understood eis probable that they wil bewsed give early waaing ofa vanity of physi fal problems in time to tackle thew efectvly. And they have ready been us to forecast crtain pychologial and payeh- arc troubles. (Seepage 18 and Dr. Revita’ paper in Part I) “Among the physical events which cn be rected by measur Ing the volagegradint the peedse moment of ovation in a woman, This possible bease ovulation is preceded by a ‘Steady and substantial rie in vltags, which falls rapily como tal after the og bas een telesa ‘Sch measurements have reveal that some women may ov sate over the entire mental period, hat ovulation may occur without mesruaton and menses without oveltion. The poten til importance ofthis Knowledge to gynaccolog, fal plan- ning and buth-cottl obvious; and it helps o explain why the ‘ahythm method” of bith-coneol fe inadetate ‘A patient of the authors, arried woman, made good use of ‘ht {fel For years she and Ber hsb had longed in vain to ave sldren, So, over a petad of weeks, she made vegula visits to theauthors fice ad berslf mensred the velages inher own Ebel by dipping her fingers into bows of sation connected to 4 voltmeter, When, one day, she sw her voltages ring rapid, fhe knew that ovulation was imminent and wen to her hushan, ‘A‘lngutfr ci was the eesat. Wounds even a small cot on the finger—willehange the ‘voltage inthe il and, av the wound hel, these wil ret To normal This offers surgons 2 snipe, ese way o measure 6 the rte offing, which wile speily ul with ater ‘wounds fom operations. (Se page 83). ld measurements ate not only eset in ngnosng lc comin; thy eam aoe uc to sess the genera sate of the bly asa whole. For these pre vlagediferences—~nde erent of any curen fow or changes in shitestance—revel {he sate of the wae human free. Sch eontons hen, ‘sovnlaon or malignancy cab dtc by measting changes inthe Lil ofthe bly dene fom the fected orpane [And ay the forceeld extends yond the src ofthe sin i sometimes publ fo mesrneelltge withthe cle trots a short distance fom dhe surface ofthe skin incon tht wit Ts sows tht i rel hats ems ad set some surface potential Thi tc, i lion! evidence hae Lflds have the sme gules asthe sper fei of phys ee they an prduce a effet acess a space or gp. thot any vise itrveing Siice Leds rwal the sate of the boy ar whale they canbe sd oases the general ects of drags, sep or hypaot Dr. Leona Ravi, es hs not only messed te depth of Iypnos witha volmeter bt has a foond that strong eo tie ele daring hyp ca eae alae ch 2 from 15 co 20 lial (Seepage 89 2nd De Ravi” paper in Pre I) This sats the fascinating psy tha pryhintiss of the ftore wl beable o meant teint of ge ange or love eccally~and ately ss we mere tonpeatre or Noid tay Hesse, hate or lve in ther words ay one day be masala mv ‘eat doctors ave abays known how importa i com sider the patient 3 whele—to take int account fis met or motion state aswell is phys sy mptoms—beetse may hman is haves ‘ychosoate’ se: Bsnce worse or 3 Unhappy manage eft ther neo sy, Reaches ot beer Since Loe weltages reveal both physi aml ment Condon hey cn oe decor stew igh into the ae of both body and mind ‘When the effectson the human Led of extratrestril fores ae salished a understood, his Knowle il be impextant in be sud not only of uma heath and behaviour but also of medial prolens which may arise in fn space explrations The fields of space may have unfaseenelfcs on che Leds of sonal if they av exposed fo chet fe Tong periods 5 This adventure n scene promis tl fre ‘viens? in the for of Heer dering of tbe human i ‘Rave hasdcverel tht the vlges of the fs of tea pole are not cotnt bo way in steals ver evo ot weke-vhatever the se maybe, rom tng ver Jovoo menses on #30 Ruma sujet he as und hat hae iythns show bow the subjects feel. When they fe on oped he work th role a Mah when they feo low Fae ther otages ar lw Tor heathy, moral people these vallage thychms can be pled st stady regular cree which afer ile over Tong Pers, Pom tee curvy thn, ie posble to predict Thvence whe che nd wil beat hs bt ad wey he wll efeling ‘blow pa “Ts owe cul eof wel importance otha engage snfazndos dyes pec nthe Armed Tacs Hamman ing offers had advan koowledge of the ow periods of 2, {lmfao hy could ry toad seading them on dango fsngat tines when bir alertmes ad etieney would bere Sef pertinal cesy ae tt pia es this twtr gt waste me oe peal vglee and ce. Trrligey wed warming fred by the sae of the ils coud sae vob ve ad egapent not nl nthe Anse Fores bat al In Gngeon Inds ecopatons ‘With enotionaliywrtale pope the voltage varaions can rot be plated gs sey ple curves: They dpay an erate te whey many scan be deed wise day Fy purely iene, electric means, therore, He wil be 3 posible forthe Armed Farces quickly to detect and weed out “motonally-unsabl persnnel fore tune and money ae spent ‘on tsning them for ties for which they are not ited ‘Stull, industry willbe able not ony to avoid biting pr sonnel who might ‘rack’ under responsliy but abo to Bnd the best qvalied asume greater responsi, Since Lfeldvaltages eect ental ad emotional states they ‘an ako be useful inthe handling of mental patents because they ofer doctors an objective measurement of progress, Thus ‘hey can alp to prevent the release of patients who might be a flanger to the publ; they can lo help Gctrs to decide when it {Beale to rene olher-witha great saving of hepa space and taxpayers’ mone. ‘Voliage measurements usd inthis kind of psychological test. ingare completly impersonal and repaludble.There sno need to question the patest: the technica who takes he readings nee not open bis moat Tn the medic laboratories ofthe future, tis probable that trained technicians wil take the voltagerenings and then sub- ‘nie these to doctor qualia to interpret them, in much the fume way a6 fechnias take X-ray photographs and sobmit thea toa aiologist,“Voltagenterpreers, however, need ot be ay special as radiologist: and many doctors in the future wl be ther own interpreters, 6 Since Les have ben found in living forms examined 50 far, their peril wsefulns isnot inited to medial dagoos Tn measuring the Les of plants, fr instance, it has been found that the change ofa single gene in the parent stock ‘products profound changes in she vltge pattern. This phenom non could be of great importance in the xudy of genetics in ‘hans and in anima (Seepage 70) By messing the Lelie of seed posible to predict how steong ad held the fare plans will be. To have advance Knowledge of de fut viality of living forms eold be wef 9 in many Gels, (See page 71) nc heeds of fe are dominant 2nd conta the growth nd development of all living fos, medial science may one day Sind ways directly to teat the helt ofthe patent electially efor the unset of physi symptoms. “Sgvcultoral sles ofthe furue may, pshaps ind ways to simulate the growth of crops elec 2nd to eliminate de fects in ther fel which render them prone to pests or dlseses. 1a long teen known not only that sulight—a form of leet magnet raition-—isesental tote growth of mos lan ie ‘but ao that diferene specks require dierent ‘oss of sun Tighe. Te known, to, that certain frequencies or cours of Tight ae benef in specie cases. It may one day be ds covered. then, that other and inisble electro-magnetic fre- ttuencis have lene eet onthe Leds of plants, ‘Since annals and plants poses—and are contellel by— their characterise els, ke mam dey are an integral pat of the Universe and subject to slaw. So the human ace andthe “imal and vegetable Kngoms age component pars of the sane whole, You and I, our pets, cur tees and our plants ae al sub- Feet tothe same universal laws "Ths is borne wut by the mutual interdependeuce of species Plants depend for thelr existence on slight—an exraterestal force plants nourish tan and animal, animals fee on cach other, So when we emembcr that we shoold stave without sun Tighe from some nine dhtce milion milks away, it snot bard to acap that we are subject co the other great forces of space, 7 1 has taken only few pages to summatize some of the re sults ofthis advent scence for the benefit of the impatient Teader, But the adventure lf cccupied many. yeas beease Nature docs not shave haan Sepatience and a0 huey 2 ek her secrets Those, teefore, who expec instant answers from Nature ar Wkly toe disappointed. ‘Nature, foo, das not elect instant improvements; she may take an acon to evolve something bster. And as we areal apart {GE Nature and sje to her ws, cose who expect an imme Ste improvement of uma mate or an instant answer to some Inunan poblem ee likely eo suffer from acute fresteatin. However impatient fr results they may be, sents realize that they not Impose their will or thei dss on Nate ‘hey mu follow her methods and met her conditions. Thismay fplain why, sm this age, scence i usally more succesfl in Salvng ite problems han polit, Perhaps, then, a description of this particular adventure in science may serve a dal purpose: whl wl give the evidence that a ikl to the Universe and subjec ois laws it will hollsate the sce method by which the laws and secrets ‘of Nature may be discovered ‘Thi bas more than an academic interest at the preset time when respect for manmade laws is decreasing and many fel That laws ave made to be dsobeyel, Natal laws, however, can hot be dscheyed; we cannot dot, for example, the Law of fraviy, So the more we ca find out about Natures laws and {ho about how sence discovers the—the easier wil be for us fo aceept the need for laws and fo realize that manmade laws reflecthowever imperfectly—the essential principles of a Unk ‘rere of law and nde. ‘Unfortunately, there fe much confsion abou the meaning of the word ‘sence. The dictionary defines it s‘nganized know Feder But, binning probably with Calle, the experimental rmethed-with Hs enormods development sine tbat time—bas vealed that itis not enough describe nbd cas be Universe in general and the earth in patiuae. is abo necessary to acemp to find the meaning of all the facts that have been sccumtlatd ‘This involves trying to understand the ration between the component ports of the Univese—aa understanding that must Siways be developing and changing 28 the experimental method tineovers more fee All that ca be done ic Interpret he facts ts best nec, away Baring in mind tat our knowlege still tragically incomplete. ‘ene, therefore, means not only the collection of facts and the chsfation and description of the physical componen’s of the Uniese but aly eonaderatin fe aw nfs wh ove hereon between thee component "Fn ef couse, eqs primitive astmpton: that the Unive es plc of and onder which 0 be oped Can be unr by the indo an. “Therese many who maintain tat the Universe is chaos, shat the only lw 2 dra at thse which ae imposed by themind of mana Ja sore priv ssmption. Fr howevee fret carrer the power ofthe bunan mind, es di Ett se how man ean impo the arangements and mote ientsol thesis in the cones o sara ween theatre ered, he nate of the forse which dene a ving sen Tr shoo be resonbly claro any thinking peson a nthe ing in te Unive cl exis for faction of milscond f thee wee not fees ws nd ogniation which detente ‘ssh betwen the compontat pars of he ave al ‘thro aga tothe paris of sn atom-—are fae Stant motion. No ling organism could ext the process of living were not regulate by metus a0 power forces About which ii von debe fd ov as uch 3 we ‘ur pinkie astmpon, then, tae dhe Unive ia place flaw and order is sted by oth obsereton ad commen Seas The many sucess of he xptinentl eo jsly the hope that we a ern more and more about the aw ofthe Univer “Tish enoonsmplations for man bras i fllows hat san ena ony the Universe ta ofthe Univers, abject to ls int Tving world smd wo chose whi can Be teegtiznd and udentond i the matt Unive ‘At once we are faced with cos anomaly. Many pole bj tte of lw a net nthe Unive on the rurd thar tic authonanan an impinge on man's fe wil to de ‘elophisown ways of ding hing icown respons Yet That sme people wll mt dea of defying dea of ey tric oar as wekaow, ea univer pope ofthe Unive, and, in fact ae fully prepared to adjust eo it—especlly when tllng on an ey sidewalk ‘Notealy do we have to pay attention to he Law of gravity but sk to leat as muth about ax pose otha it can be put ‘De service of man, whetber in emptying a bathtub or forgetting ‘Seronats safely Hack frm space. This true not only of the aw of gravity but also ofall oer natural laws that cam be dscovered. 8 Al this raises an important problem. Though many concede ‘hat the Univene may be dominated by physical Laws, they maintain dst mans nota pat ofthis physial Universe Ba is Separate spinal being, subject o spiritual lw. This at once {lis the unity ofthe Universe, for it means that thee are two Seevot he the laws of the material Universe andthe laws ofthe ‘pina component ofthe Universe. Physi laws determined by experiment, canbe validated and can be found tobe tre not only in New York but also in Time Fakir Siu avs om theater hand, which re inventions of the mind of man, have one set of weaning inthe Westen heme Sphere and quite diferent ane in the Est This concept of two Kinds of law make any generally. accepted nersanng ofthe ature of man and bis part inthe Universe wwelbnigh possible Spiral laws tobe sure, ae Believed to have been validated in the experience of man and, within certain Tits this i probably ere, But law which have diferent meanings in difer- Ent parts ofthe work—and, sometimes, diferent meanings 0 fifeent people in the same part of the world—-ae not com Palible with psi Taw which are univerlly verifiable and accepted “This the cause ofthe cont between scence and religion. Tes the basic argument of religion thatthe intlive, creative Jmagination of tan can setup laws which transcend physic Iw and which describe aspects of rate which, otherwise, 3 ot be validate cis the argument—or, perhaps, the hope—of setae tha al apes of Nature ae ope fo examination by the segeRinental method. Fes tue at, fr centuries, his method as bec lied o certain aspects of Nature Bu i has bens ‘Rcesfl that scence sts no reason why, eventually, shoul fot be extended tal specs ‘Chisuly enough, the scenic method isnot confined (0 selene but someting by which rst of ws ve all he time. Fistof all we find ut all we cam about a problem 2 a bas for Fer sltiny and, in the process somewhere along the line, we Sine unsunpectedelatonshipe becween the facts we have un ‘SSverls Then we have a neh 2 guess a dream of, (0 use & ‘echnical term, s hypothesis, though nobody knows how these ‘eative ideas ai “Tus hunch or hypothesis suggests some Tope deductions, svhith we eam check n varios ways to see they oer a solu {en to our problem. Ths pies laboratory it not too hard to check a hypothesis ty ally controlled experimen and if these suppor ti is Baty asumed that score, Bu when comes to uman toHems othe problems of othe ving organs i is wally Thch mor dificeto eeck an hypothe. irany even we should not make the mistake of assuming that cane experiments support the Iypobess the later is. the (iy one thse expernent ould support. This makes difcalt ta ceve any Gal condusive answer whlch is probably jost Bo becuse fit were easy tage unequivocal, demonstrated Shomer eweverything we world sea Toc ofthe fan of iving, "This pocesfact nding, hypothess, deduction and exper: nent fone in which most of engage al the tine. For ex mpl, onthe avs of aur knowledge ofthe perfrmance of the ove running at Louise, we make te lopal deduction that ‘Norihern Dancer will win te stakes and place out bet hat this Mihsppen Tf the hone wins we assume that onr guess, hunch Trigun was vale We lses, we have o accept that it was "This tre not ony of horseraces and ballgame but abo of sone every ater ayect of the acuity of dhe mind of man. AN Bs antst sos in the beauty of the world around him someting hic he thks important and 3 once begins to depet it AN hor hasan idea which he express in writing, The musician “once ape of usc and composes it, We all do che same ‘hing in ove various fora of seit, But ts fen iil row fon rill ea was. a good one if he pctre is purchase, f the book becomes a beste and ifthe music played ll ose the county, the creators of ige hingr ean asue—within iois—that hee oil iat Einineton was wohl. But such confimation is not STwayt aval and i not that Gos not neces prove A the fight of inagination was worthks because many i fhtent eas hae lin dormant or urecogi for many Yar "There nothing mysterious, then, about the way it which scienins stent to dover natural aws. We all ase ee sae ‘iho but scents enjy an advantage over omscientts: it ‘Baul esr for them fo check thet hunches by experiments Torbodhseatists and nencenists, problem solving musta vie belt eeloping, growing proce, subect 1 change Enguleige and understanding increase. To say, terloe, chat eethins has been proven ir often questionable, excee in afow Saas the La of gravity, whieh we can say have be froven Beyond question, To increase the numberof hings which re rere as proven fof couse, ee lite desire ofall ‘Eadene atthe Universe but that desires nt often achieve. Pein ds may set a Pssst approach, depriving man of his eet dignity, Thi of couse far rom the tuth ber te the complexity ofthe Universe and its componen parts s {Signe tht the mid of any individ can only analyse afew ‘SF fhe completes and Interpret them in the it of such i fbomgtion 7s may be aval, A modest approach toan under nding of the Universe does sot impair human dgnityit ntanes it, Moreover i the nly approach ikey t succeed eae Nsare seems reluctant to Yeveal her secrets £0 the ite ‘eleeslly arog. "Tse, thn, ate the methods and the approach which have ‘ean adopted in the present adventure in since, CHAPTER TWO The Course and the Compass nthe previous chapter we outlined some ofthe rss of this adventure in scence Buc shouldbe emphasized that when We Ser ont we knew what we hoped to find but had no certainty of finding it Forscence ia wp acs uncharted sas goal whic lis yond the horizon. We donot know the utisiate gal. All we ‘an hope for tha cere is Some goal which we ourselves an reach of if we cannot find i hat We can get near enough it to Tear some more about it and to pave the way for others 0 follow ue ‘Though be already knows some of the things we foun, the tealer may be interested to Know how we fond the, a6 an ‘lustation of the scene method, just as many are interested fo read an account of same expedition, of which they already Know the result However ancetan theultimate goal, we could not, of couse, set sil at random. Like all explores we had to have some idea fof what we were loking for, even though we ralizal chat we Inight not nd itor ihe come upon samething we never ‘hought of lke an early explorer who thought he was on the ‘way to China and found what today is Montreal “As explained in the Ist chapter we had to assemble all the {acts we ctl to seck some connection between than apd then to formulate hunch or hypothe which we hoped to prove by ur woyage of discovery fore we cold se ot, however, we had to look for the best navigational instrumenss we could ind (0 Keep us nour pro- feted course. 6 Since the tne of Galvani there lave been innumerable sis of living organs, all of which make ie abundantly dear that Sil fving erga posses electrical properties. In our owa day nd generation, brain waves, bere waves, concomitant of net ‘ous impulse, of muscle contraction and of glandular activity Faved he Iierature with a great deal of exccedinaly impo- ant information. The meaning fall hese phenomena has been Worked cut almost entirely om at empl bass. Relations af ‘leirel phenomena with many begs functions in hel tnd in diene have boon observe "There as been no general undesying theory, however, of the nature and the meaning of the recorded lectrical changes, except ins fr 35 they canbe explained by their consequences, “The reason for this fairly obvious: Modern emphasis on en ides, on lid fons, atomicity and dsondinulty, ha dominate ili choug allo had sooner developed his physial and mechanical theory ofthe inorganic univers, than Harvey procedel co apply pila and mechani conceptions to ving crestures tn the thscovery of the cieaton of the Blood. Levies revealed che ‘hema character of respiration in metals in living. things St the ame tine tar he placed chemistry upon a secure founds tion withthe discovery ofthe principle ofthe conservation of mass Gravy, with Lcbig and avast army of physslgial ‘hems he chaleal nate of Tving creatives became more nd more evident Tt to be noted that ths is» dstinely modern emphasis. Chemistry rests upon a dsconinaeus, atomic conception of ‘ature. Atoms, iis tadional interpretation, involved an emphasis on ents, rather than upon stricture, and 0 con ‘tiuent elements eather than on the whole. This atctde of tind has gone all through Biology even where no hough has tem give tothe cemial matre ofthe process factors con shred, Practally 4 century ao, Shleden and Schwann di 7 cover the cellular natwee of plants and animals. Here, sup- posedly, was the uftipate bislopieal atm. More recently, en ‘hase a sifted frm the cel othe gene, al from that to the Fighiy comple protein moleule capable of replication. But even so, the emphasis sil on entities ‘tovbe noted thar this entire development involved the carrying over into biology of 2 philosophic standpoint which ‘was discovered and cleay formulated fst in physics and shemistry. Thre can be no dat of is succese ore validity ‘There ie mothing tm date to indicate that bilogist should het tofllow the lead which the mature and exae science of physics ives them. Bot, they are faithfully eo fllow dis ead, tes ‘ear hat light change of emphasis should came ito biologi theory For in physics the forme emphasis on entities rather than on organization, upon discontinuity rather than upon cont ‘ly, upon Toad systems, rather than upon hel status In the total il of nature asa whole, hasbeen found to needa radical and thoroughgoing supplementation. "The word supplemertation isto be emphasize, for moern standpoints have not rejected the former emphasis i erly being amended, The amendment iso thoroughoing, however, 2 t9 amount to the placing ofthe Greck upon an equal footing ‘withthe moder standpoint. Moreover, te concepts mode are 50 primary, so imparane and so general and univers in their pplication that every branch of human acvity—and even the ‘ery meshing snd sgifesnce of any fact we observe oof any experiment we peform—are affected. The elemental and esen- tal fac se appears in physics cam be stated very bey ‘Atomic phys has had be supplemented with fed phys, “The poin to benored is that the particle both conditions and

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