These so-called
secondary characters which are the sign of full and healthy development,
are dependent, science tells us, upon the state of development of the
reproductive organs.
For a clear and illuminating account of the creative and dynamic power
of the endocrine glands, the layman is referred to a recently published
book by Dr. Louis Berman.(2) This authority reveals anew how body and
soul are bound up together in a complex unity. Our spiritual and psychic
difficulties cannot be solved until we have mastered the knowledge of
the wellsprings of our being. "The chemistry of the soul! Magnificent
phrase!" exclaims Dr. Berman. "It's a long, long way to that goal. The
exact formula is as yet far beyond our reach. But we have started upon
the long journey, and we shall get there.
"The internal secretions constitute and determine much of the inherited
powers of the individual and their development. They control physical
and mental growth, and all the metabolic processes of fundamental
importance. They dominate all the vital functions of man during the
three cycles of life. They cooperate in an intimate relationship which
may be compared to an interlocking directorate. A derangement of
their functions, causing an insufficiency of them, an excess, or
an abnormality, upsets the entire equilibrium of the body, with
transforming effects upon the mind and the organs. In short, they
control human nature, and whoever controls them, controls human
nature.
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