﻿LECTUKE 
  II. 
  

  

  THE 
  EEALM 
  OF 
  ORGANISMS 
  CONTRASTED 
  WITH 
  

   THE 
  DOMAIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  INORGANIC. 
  

  

  1. 
  Things 
  and 
  Living 
  Creatures. 
  2. 
  The 
  Characteristic 
  Features 
  

   of 
  the 
  Realm 
  of 
  Organisms. 
  3. 
  A 
  Multitude 
  of 
  Individual- 
  

   ities, 
  yet 
  a 
  Systema 
  Natures. 
  4. 
  Abundance 
  and 
  Insurgence 
  

   of 
  Life. 
  5. 
  Struggle 
  and 
  Sifting. 
  6. 
  A 
  System 
  of 
  Inter- 
  

   related 
  Lives. 
  7. 
  The 
  Prevalence 
  of 
  Adaptations. 
  8. 
  The 
  

   Pervasiveness 
  of 
  Beauty. 
  9. 
  The 
  Other 
  Side 
  of 
  the 
  Picture. 
  

   10. 
  Resemblances 
  between 
  the 
  Realm 
  of 
  Organisms 
  and 
  the 
  

   Domain 
  of 
  the 
  Inorganic. 
  11. 
  Contrasts 
  between 
  the 
  Realm 
  

   of 
  Organisms 
  and 
  the 
  Domain 
  of 
  the 
  Inorganic. 
  12. 
  The 
  

   Suitability 
  of 
  the 
  Inorganic 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  Basis 
  and 
  Environment 
  

   of 
  the 
  Organic. 
  

  

  1. 
  Things 
  and 
  Living 
  Creatures. 
  

  

  IN 
  the 
  concrete 
  fulness 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  without, 
  we 
  distin- 
  

   guish 
  by 
  common 
  consent 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms 
  and 
  the 
  

   domain 
  of 
  the 
  inorganic. 
  Sun 
  and 
  stars, 
  sky 
  and 
  sea, 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  and 
  rivers, 
  the 
  air 
  we 
  breathe 
  and 
  the 
  dust 
  beneath 
  our 
  

   feet, 
  crystals 
  and 
  precious 
  stones, 
  it 
  seems 
  like 
  colour-blind- 
  

   ness 
  to 
  sum 
  this 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  negative 
  and 
  unattractive 
  term 
  

   ' 
  inorganic 
  \ 
  But 
  better 
  that 
  than 
  use 
  a 
  question-begging 
  

   word. 
  

  

  We 
  must 
  not 
  dogmatically 
  say 
  e 
  inanimate 
  ' 
  Nature, 
  for 
  

   it 
  is 
  making 
  a 
  sweeping 
  assertion 
  to 
  declare 
  that 
  the 
  inor- 
  

   ganic 
  cannot 
  have 
  a 
  meta-kinetic 
  aspect. 
  Nor 
  is 
  it 
  quite 
  

   satisfactory 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  ' 
  the 
  mechanical 
  order 
  of 
  things 
  ' 
  , 
  for 
  

   we 
  ourselves 
  illustrate 
  mechanical 
  principles, 
  even 
  when 
  we 
  

   raise 
  our 
  arm 
  or 
  eyebrow 
  in 
  protest. 
  Moreover, 
  it 
  cannot 
  

  

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