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lie who In the Iabratorv OF
the chemist las once had a
glimpse of the resistEess power.
the Sublime authority and the
anerrIng intelligence Of ehemI
eal affinity or who through the
microscope Of physicist has
watched IN the growth Of a
crystal The mErshaIlng of the
molecules rs at the command Of
some invisible authority rtnks
wheeled into Tine. and lines took
uP their appointed positions
with tae silent SwfftEess Of
thought and a ~fIIltIess preeis
t9a never attained IN military
dlsgfpEne-he vito once. I say.
locked upon such sights -
these EN- ne yer thereafter speak
as nothing more than matter
Be aQt alarmed IL science then
destroys the old Distinction be-
tween che living a1sl the not
living. &c toes 50 gshv To present
Il surer and more rational one,
II Ts teas AWAY the Oil psrlFsI0n
walls besweSE the natural and
the supernatural, It does Sd bat
TO Ineausie beth within the do
man of what Wis once called
she super natural, though it nav
itself reject the nIme-Iessening
the distance not by degrading
the higher, but by lifting up the
lower
1t % not the presence 1T AZ
Intelligent energy In matter
tor science knows nothing ot
matter aG- 80 end0ved-but Il
- the potential Of this eaervy
To eonsrot others In the prusIue.
sI0u of forms of Infinite variety
capable of Reproducing them
seEveG~ that marks the dIssiae
tIo1 between the organic and
Fhe inorganic world, the living
and the not living
What II the scientist does
boast that he can see IN matter
the promise aud potency OF
life Alas for him who can
Dot see 1t, I say; for it q there
N the presence OF the Divinity
that dwelling within all things
and filing the boundIess do
naius Of Space and FINE IL it
self the life, the essential of AZ
existence
To tAls sreat Natural INV oi
growth unIversaIfzed, has been
given the name 0fevolEtI0a- the
announcement of which works
perhaps the second most Imp0r
Eaut era N the history OF human
Thought Let Us briefly notice
a few of frs fundamental griuef-
pies anu the application 0fthem
As q part OF organic GatEre. and
subject TO this is well as to all
oehsr organize laws
Natures fundamental method
- \ procedure through e0EtInu-
lily froEa the l0wert0 the higher.
tom the simple to the complex.
All 0rgaLIe forsEs are built I'D OF
Inorganic elements, and have
their beginning IN a simple pro-
tepEaSmGe cell The gisauE oak
that IN the forest primevaI'
has breasted the storms Of a
thsusand sinters aud hailed
with qulekened pulse and swell
ing buds, the glad return OF a
Thousand smiling springs. was
once n tiny ovHle invisible IN
the heart Of the.pareas blossom
Tse msghtIess animal that H.
the geologic age Of monsters ev
er troa the unpeopssd ssrrk- or
SWAN In these misty seas a. yet
never pressed bykeeIs hexu
from the m0untain pine. was
once a simple Raeleased cell IN
vTzIhle to the uuaIded eve
Step by step throagh Giffer
entiatiou- self divisIbiIfry and
that mysterious power of appro
priafIng and converting to like
saasssnee with themselves the
elements Of their inorganic en-
vIruameafss these simple ele
ueats hzried up Of themselves
sl1ese compiler organi<rA
OrgaaIe devehepenent Is
sPoataaeazs-that :, il issEeel-