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WORKS ca. Of itself Irris Sraoly
and g~nerrrnzgT its appointed
task
It = trse that the acorn seed
requires the sunlight anJ the
rain and the warm taGrk bosom
sCthe eherishfug mother earth
TO awaken it, s~luubering potea
tIliIty7 but the force that ont Of
the insigu teant acora has
vruG-htthe wide spreadingtrse
WIS In tae aeeFn itself, aRd not
IN the suuslfHe. the RAIN, u0T
the earth
Organic development - al
ways toward a fixed and pre-
determined type, and ceases.
oat ceases only when the type
; attained Plant side By spie
n .he sane SOL IA aersa and a
grain Of wheat. Warmed By the
same sunlight, ufousteEed by the
same showers, EHaaed by the
same breezes and drawing their
s~u<tenaDee from the SANE soil,
their environments are f1entI-
cal But uete tae different re
suits The one shooting upward
IN a slender. graceful hollow
stem only . few inches Ia height,
throwing of from each swelling
node n single sword-shaped leat
and bearing upon its summit a
bearded head Of golden grain,
IN \ few short months has run
its course, reached the limit OF
its poteut1ItIes. and. dying, re-
tgrned TO mfagie with the ere
meats from whence 10 came.
bIt how different the ether +,
slowly year after year It hits It's
teaf crowned head each day a
little nearer the sweet blue
heaven toward which all things
grow, and spreads wider trs
waving branches over the cool,
moist earth toward whteha at list
al things return, TIN at last the
perfect tree stands forth m al
it's noble beauty, the product Of
L eentu-y efgrewth The ar0rn
1ad the kernel never make q
mistake The one always cen
verts itself fats an oak. the 9TH
er into a stalk OF wheat We
are approaching ~seaisthIBg won
derfTI here
Again, organic development
absolutely requires and demon.
strates the presence IN organic
matter Of something not matter
controlling and directing the
operation OF the forces toward
thu working cut Of a pgrposed
and predetermined end To
adapt two IIigssrasfaus from DIT.
w IRebsH= Two little round
seeds now lie on the table be
fore me. They seem to be ex-
aetly alike IN every respect. bat
they came from different paccs-
gVs and were labelled BY dfFe-
rent names What IL there
about them that Is drfferentt
plant she tive seeds gnd the one
gruwst0a stoHt mustard tree.
and the ether 70 a p0ar little
6eI8 tarnIp Assuredly with this
differences IN outcome. there was
a fundamental difference in N
tGre- As this difference WIS
bot n the material Ter n the
form OF the material there WAS
something not IN the maternal IN
which this difference resided
TIE ov1 Of two aEimaIs-say
the rhfaeeeros-are both sim
pie indicated cells To the IN
aided eye no difference IS dis
esruable. Subject them 10
chemical analysis and they are
both found to be composed oil
precisely the same elements
combined In exactly the same
proportions Treat them with
reagant and put them under the
compound microscope. and moth
ing - seen III one that does not
appear Ia the other In their
NATTER their form, they are ab
solutsly tndestmgufShIbIe. Ma
terEKIly thew sre AL the sane.
But one develops cut Of Itself
the Imbryo OF an eIepheRt. and
the ether cut Of itself the Inn
oryQ o. 4 rhIn0eeros. On these
two embryonic foundations. two
different animals In al their
completeness are built M.
Thus with no difference In the
mother, there exists In the
germs 4 profound difference ia
nature aud destiny Beyond
anything serutible. existed some
thing 1nserutIbls. which con
trOlled the Development. and
that which was not matter. gave
to matter 4 direction from which
he could not swerve.
Saen are some OF the essen
tIal principles that underline
this great Law- that under the
name OF Evolution, dominates
the organic weird. at the head
OF which as the highest express
sion Of physical form and the
complete rehabilitation or the ra-
p~entEaAtIes Of matter. stands the
ANIMAL man- Should Science
rest here. Il weuEd indeed be In
the bosom of mate TiaIism~ but
IN 4 utserrklisE1 that denying
mans kfnship 60 God aeknewI
edged Him, that claiming TO see
IN matter the premise aud pe-