The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-01

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into earsh's beom - strpng reds erd 10
unuatiu f>srnsaae ~ (hsn- dr4pies hon
ths edld bo1ld, by:a r(sdsss ~ ~ 1Ipnr
sand yslrs, bshsId y m, 81 y ~ nssF
sndsrstood, that Which eosrlInx Through
root trunk. lsaf, and twlg, keeomog by Min
very action Of wonderfai hsmical eksnge tbs
vsrdans Leaf and the ripening fruit. and by
ths saas process strengthening root trunk.
|ena swie. b cot this vosdsrfnl end inex-
plicabls process a. much Iifs = VI routine
Of nature, BY which an oyster bound 70 is
one spot Of ssa bottom lays It's shell - i'm
nosably A. tree 70 the earth b. its roots,
takes into -its delicate giIls ssa-vatsr. and
nourishss It, almost miserable life, and grows
to maturity, lives aad dies without one
pang Of pain or dream OF care, which 10 The
highest form Of lifs's dsvelopneati
To make myself certainly understood, take
few familiar processes going on every dsy
beneath our observation combustion d
coal in our CRATES: We have substance
composed for tho most part Of carbon and
sulphur, this being brought into intimats
relations with mass already ignited. enters
at once into . Iivsly process Of exchanges,
the result Of which is the evolving o. new
product, gas-tifis gas, as soon produced,
itself begins instantly further process oil
exchanging relations BY combining 80 rap
idly with oxygen contained in the air shat
1t produces fame, heat ID generated, and
amidst al this exchange Of forms snd nature
the coal disappears, several new products
have entered in still further condition o.
relationship with our bodies, we are warmed
our eyes see the brightness Of Its light, We
hear its rapid combustion, We s0ell the sui
phurous exhalations. Thus the fire has ex.
changed relationship with four Of our Av'
senses, while to the inaminste articles Of fur
niture in the room. it has only established
one new exchange-the exchange Of temper
ature. Why il not the simple process o
combustion OF the same effect on the iron
composing the stove As on our bcdiess jus
because we are composed Of q greater variet.
Of elements, and vastly more numerou
chemical affinitles, or in other words, viii
some effect, we aye endowed with Eve activ
senses, while the iron possesses only passiv
ones the bliEd man feels, hears, smells tn
| fire, but its brightness is lost to him dea
man sees, feels lis, but knows nothing
Of its roaringi .aa so on. WHAT have "
seen in this double process--physical an
chemical primitive difference between tw
or three substances, an action and reactio
upon each other. and their combination int
. new creation, which in its turn may pei
form the same or similar part.
Place two plates Of zinc and copper nes
each other, and 'Hshnur ruunicatio
IL established between snsm; electric cul
rents are shown, and conversation, 50 I
speak, is taking place between the two metal'
Take two plates of the same metal upequah
heated, place them near together, and th
result is quite similar, an exchange Of ten
perature is the result, and to some degree a
electrical exchange; in the two last case
there 10 q vital movement without combins
ton; in the first combination their divers
fcation was the result.
Thus we see that everywhere simple di
71ace, whether il be Of natter, condition
! FOR vital principle mutual exchange b
tween the bodies, and to increase the variet
OF these differences ID to render these alts
nations more frequent, and this Is TO increal
and intensity life.
In the next number l will endeavor
follow this subject into the higher Hsld I
life-animal organization. p. ID. III.