But  we  can  hardly  get  such  a  view  that  in  the  act  of  con-
ceiving of  the  purpose  of  the  construction  we  have  at  the
same  time  a  clear  and  detailed  view  of  the  structure  as  the
expression  of  that  purpose.  But  the  complexity  of  any  kind  of
machine  is  of  small  extent  when  compared  with  the  complexity
of  human  nature.     It  is  therefore  still  less  to  be  expected  that


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we  should  obtain  a  really  organic  view  of  the  economy  of  hu-
man Ufe.  Our  view  of  life  as  a  whole  must  necessarily  be
somewhat  vague,  while  any  clear  view  will  necessarily  be  some-
what narrow.
