The Organ of Life

'I contend that nobody has ever mentioned in my work is the organ of life. I see it's some idea about life, some sort of philosophy.' 'You'll tell me then in the morning that you've laid me bare,' he said after a long silence. But meanwhile, just to hasten that difficult birth, can't you give a fellow a clue? He was suitably indulgent but his amusement was over. There was nevertheless something else I had absolutely to learn. If I had one of his books at hand, I'd have repeated my recent act of faith and spent half the night with him'.