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a term like "vital phenomena." Unexplained phenomena are daily 

 seen in the laboratory, but the explanations are not regarded as 

 hopeless ; the sudden stoppage of a piece of camphor moving on 

 the surface of pure water, by the introduction of the end of a finger, 

 which gives to the water an exceedingly minute quantity of fatty 

 matter, yet enough to equalize the surface tension, is understood 

 through the laws of physics, although causes cannot be seen. At the 

 present time, we can no more hope to understand the properties 

 which we call "life" than we understand the ultimate causes of surface 

 tension, of aquosity, or universal gravity; yet its manifestations can 

 be examined and measured, and reduced to laws which are already 

 applied in the domain of physical science. 



The Protozoa, finally, must be regarded as forms in whiqh the 

 organism is less developed than in any other animal. In other words, 

 the coordinating factors by means of which each protozoon acts as a 

 unit are less complex than in other representatives of the animal 

 kingdom, and this fact justifies the hope which lies at the bottom 

 of modern " vitalism," that some day we may interpret these unknown 

 factors in chemical and physical terms. 



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