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  THE 
  REALM 
  OF 
  ORGANISMS 
  CONTRASTED 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  hooked 
  process 
  of 
  bone, 
  so 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  an 
  interest- 
  

   ing, 
  almost 
  startling 
  coincidence, 
  of 
  an 
  adaptation 
  which 
  

   makes 
  the 
  eggs 
  into 
  a 
  double 
  bunch 
  and 
  an 
  adaptation 
  which 
  

   fixes 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  male's 
  head. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  striking 
  instance 
  of 
  what 
  obtains 
  through- 
  

   out 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  Adaptation 
  upon 
  Adaptation. 
  And, 
  

   as 
  we 
  shall 
  afterwards 
  see, 
  the 
  working 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  adequate 
  Natural 
  Selection 
  account 
  of 
  how 
  these 
  adap- 
  

   tations 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  be 
  does 
  not 
  lessen 
  the 
  wonder 
  of 
  

   the 
  variability 
  that 
  supplies 
  the 
  raw 
  material, 
  or 
  the 
  he- 
  

   reditary 
  relation 
  which 
  conserves 
  each 
  gain. 
  The 
  magical- 
  

   ness 
  has 
  gone; 
  the 
  rationality 
  shines 
  out 
  more 
  brightly 
  than 
  

   ever. 
  

  

  8. 
  The 
  Pervasiveness 
  of 
  Beauty. 
  

  

  Another 
  undeniable 
  impression 
  is 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  beauty 
  

   everywhere. 
  Apart 
  from 
  disease, 
  which 
  is 
  almost 
  unknown 
  

   in 
  wild 
  Nature, 
  apart 
  from 
  unfinished 
  organisms 
  which 
  

   Nature 
  hides 
  away 
  often 
  so 
  carefully, 
  apart 
  from 
  various 
  

   domesticated 
  animals 
  and 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  which 
  bear 
  too 
  

   flagrantly 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  man's 
  artistically 
  clumsy, 
  though 
  

   scientifically 
  clever, 
  fingers, 
  all 
  organisms 
  are 
  artistic 
  har- 
  

   monies, 
  pleasing 
  to 
  the 
  unprejudiced 
  eye, 
  evoking 
  the 
  

   aesthetic 
  emotion, 
  especially 
  when 
  seen 
  in 
  their 
  natural 
  set- 
  

   ting. 
  And 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  organisms 
  themselves, 
  but 
  the 
  works 
  

   of 
  their 
  hands 
  are 
  beautiful- 
  -the 
  nest, 
  and 
  the 
  web, 
  and 
  

   the 
  honeycomb, 
  and 
  the 
  coral 
  reef, 
  and 
  the 
  bower-bird's 
  

   bower. 
  .Nature 
  has 
  given 
  her 
  verdict 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  beauty 
  

   the 
  reward 
  of 
  survival. 
  

  

  