﻿WITH 
  THE 
  DOMAIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  INORGANIC 
  55 
  

  

  it, 
  we 
  are 
  confronted 
  in 
  Nature 
  with 
  closed 
  independent 
  sv 
  

   terns 
  with 
  harmonious 
  parts 
  and 
  with 
  capacity 
  for 
  continu- 
  

   ance. 
  Such 
  are 
  individuals. 
  " 
  Though 
  the 
  closure 
  is 
  never 
  

   complete, 
  the 
  independence 
  never 
  absolute, 
  the 
  harmony 
  

   never 
  perfect, 
  yet 
  systems 
  and 
  tendency 
  alike 
  have 
  real 
  exist- 
  

   ence." 
  The 
  individual 
  is 
  Unity 
  in 
  Diversity 
  in 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  

   and 
  in 
  what 
  it 
  does, 
  a 
  whole 
  whose 
  diverse 
  parts 
  all 
  work 
  

   together, 
  ensuring 
  continuance. 
  When 
  it 
  transcends 
  the 
  

   limits 
  of 
  its 
  substance, 
  Mr. 
  Huxley 
  says, 
  that 
  is 
  personality. 
  

   But 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  life 
  alike 
  of 
  individ- 
  

   ualities 
  and 
  of 
  individuals 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  insur- 
  

   gence. 
  Living 
  creatures 
  press 
  up 
  against 
  all 
  barriers; 
  they 
  

   fill 
  every 
  possible 
  niche 
  all 
  the 
  world 
  over; 
  they 
  show 
  that 
  

   Nature 
  abhors 
  a 
  vacuum. 
  We 
  find 
  animals 
  among 
  the 
  snow 
  

   on 
  Monte 
  Rosa 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  over 
  10,000 
  feet; 
  we 
  dredge 
  

   them 
  from 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  from 
  those 
  great 
  ' 
  deeps 
  ' 
  of 
  

   over 
  six 
  miles 
  where 
  Mount 
  Everest 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  more 
  

   than 
  engulfed. 
  It 
  is 
  hard 
  to 
  say 
  what 
  difficulties 
  living 
  

   creatures 
  may 
  not 
  conquer 
  or 
  circumvent. 
  You 
  may 
  find 
  

   insects 
  in 
  hot 
  springs 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  cannot 
  keep 
  your 
  hand 
  im- 
  

   mersed, 
  or 
  Rotifers 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  fry 
  under 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  

   of 
  ice 
  in 
  the 
  little 
  lakes 
  of 
  Antarctica 
  ; 
  you 
  find 
  a 
  Brine- 
  

  

  * 
  t/ 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  other 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Salt 
  

   Lake; 
  you 
  find 
  a 
  fish 
  climbing 
  a 
  tree, 
  and 
  thoroughly 
  ter- 
  

   restrial 
  types 
  like 
  spiders 
  with 
  species 
  living 
  under 
  water; 
  

   there 
  is, 
  as 
  Dr. 
  Shipley 
  has 
  shown, 
  a 
  bustle 
  of 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  dry 
  

   twigs 
  of 
  the 
  heather. 
  When 
  we 
  consider 
  the 
  filling 
  of 
  every 
  

   niche, 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  homes 
  in 
  extraordinary 
  places, 
  the 
  mas- 
  

   tery 
  of 
  difficult 
  conditions, 
  the 
  plasticity 
  that 
  adjusts 
  to 
  out- 
  

   of-the-way 
  exigencies, 
  the 
  circumvention 
  of 
  space 
  (as 
  in 
  

   migration) 
  and 
  the 
  conquest 
  of 
  time 
  (as 
  in 
  hibernation), 
  

   we 
  begin 
  to 
  get 
  an 
  impression 
  of 
  the 
  insurgence 
  of 
  life. 
  

  

  