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  THE 
  DOMAIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  INORGANIC 
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  9. 
  The 
  Other 
  Side 
  of 
  the 
  Picture. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  said, 
  perhaps, 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  given 
  a 
  one-sided 
  

   picture 
  that 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  is 
  a 
  vast 
  gladiatorial 
  show 
  

   reeking 
  with 
  blood, 
  that 
  every 
  hedgerow 
  is 
  crowded 
  with 
  

   cruelty, 
  that 
  parasitism 
  is 
  rife, 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  uglim 
  

   and 
  devilry, 
  that 
  the 
  exuberant 
  abundance 
  of 
  life 
  is 
  shad- 
  

   owed 
  by 
  the 
  obtrusive 
  abundance 
  of 
  death, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  numerous 
  dis-harmonies 
  or 
  imperfect 
  adaptations. 
  

   " 
  Throughout 
  the 
  organic 
  world," 
  Professor 
  Hobhouse 
  says, 
  

   "harmony 
  is 
  shot 
  through 
  with 
  discord." 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  

   utterly 
  unscientific 
  to 
  disregard 
  these 
  shadows, 
  and 
  we 
  shall 
  

   consider 
  them 
  at 
  later 
  stages 
  in 
  our 
  argument 
  Anticipat- 
  

   ing 
  that 
  discussion, 
  we 
  venture 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   shadows 
  are 
  of 
  man's 
  making, 
  that 
  many 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  mis- 
  

   understanding, 
  and 
  that 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  real 
  do 
  not 
  seriously 
  

   affect 
  the 
  general 
  truth 
  of 
  our 
  impressionist 
  picture 
  of 
  Ani- 
  

   mate 
  Nature, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  prominent 
  features 
  are: 
  the 
  

   multitude 
  of 
  individualities 
  in 
  an 
  orderly 
  Systema 
  Natura?; 
  

   the 
  abundance 
  and 
  insurgence 
  of 
  life; 
  the 
  ceaseless 
  struggle 
  

   and 
  endeavour, 
  which 
  makes 
  for 
  self-preservation, 
  self- 
  

   assertion, 
  and 
  self-realisation, 
  but 
  also 
  for 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  

   race 
  ; 
  the 
  sifting 
  and 
  singling 
  that 
  works 
  towards 
  both 
  these 
  

   ends; 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  every 
  creature 
  is 
  a 
  bundle 
  of 
  

   adaptations; 
  and 
  the 
  beauty 
  that 
  is 
  everywhere. 
  

  

  10. 
  Resemblances 
  between 
  the 
  Realm 
  of 
  Organisms 
  and 
  

   the 
  Domain 
  of 
  the 
  Inorganic. 
  

  

  With 
  our 
  impressionist 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organism^ 
  

   clearly 
  in 
  view, 
  let 
  us 
  now 
  briefly 
  compare 
  it 
  with 
  what 
  

   is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  domain 
  of 
  the 
  organic. 
  We 
  must 
  avoid 
  two 
  

   extremes. 
  On 
  the 
  one 
  hand, 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  error 
  of 
  exaggerat- 
  

  

  