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In other words, from a merely living organism it would, in the old Scriptural language, have become a living soul. That is, obviously, what the words in Genesis were really intended to mean. IN OTHER WORDS FROM A MERELY LIVING ORGANISM IT WOULD IN THE OLD SCRIPTURAL LANGUAGE HAVE BECOME A LIVING SOUL THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE WORDS IN GENESIS WERE REALLY INTENDED TO MEAN
ies to us in so far that we can see them. A human being born blind, dumb, deaf, and without feeling would still, I suppose, be a human being, because it would be conscious of existence; it would breathe and know that its heart was beating, but without sight or sensation there could be no idea of space--time, to it, would be a meaningless series of breaths or heartbeats. Without touch or sight it could have no idea of form or size, which are merely conditions of space, and both the past and the future would be absolutely non-existent for it." He paused, and walked on a little way in silence, arguing silently with himself as to the correctness of these premises. Then he began aloud again: "Yes, I think that's about right. And now, suppose that such a being became endowed with the natural senses, one by one. It would go through all the processes of the physical and mental evolution of humanity until it reached the highest of human attributes--the ability to think, and therefore to reason.  SPACE AND LOCATION ARE THE ONLY REALITIES TO US IN SO FAR THAT WE CAN SEE THEM A HUMAN BEING BORN BLIND DUMB AND DEAF WITHOUT FEELING WOULD STILL I SUPPOSE BE A HUMAN BEING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF EXISTENCE IT WOULD BREATHE AND KNOW THAT ITS HEART WAS BEATING BUT WITHOUT SIGHT OR SENSATION THERE COULD BE NO IDEA OF SPACE TIME TO IT WOULD BE A MEANINGLESS SERIES OF BREATHS OR HEART BEATS WITHOUT TOUCH OR SIGHT HE COULD HAVE NO IDEA OF FORM OR SIZE WHICH ARE MERELY CONDITIONS OF SPACE AND BOTH THE PAST AND FUTURE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NON EXISTENT FOR IT HE PAUSED AND WALKED ON A LITTLE WAY IN SILENCE ARGUING SILENTLY WITH HIMSELF AS TO THE CRACTICES OF THESE PREMISSES THEN HE BEGAN ALOUD AGAIN YES I THINK THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT AND NOW SUPPOSE SUCH A BEING BECAME ENDOWED WITH THE NATURAL SENSES ONE BY ONE IT WOULD GO THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY UNTIL IT REACHED THE HIGHEST OF HUMAN ATTRIBUTES THE ABILITY TO THINK AND THEREFORE TO REASON
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