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  THE 
  REALM 
  OF 
  ORGANISMS 
  CONTRASTED 
  

  

  in 
  radio-active 
  substances. 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  what 
  Clerk- 
  

   Maxwell 
  said 
  remains 
  true. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  fulcrum 
  

   of 
  the 
  inorganic 
  on 
  which 
  organisms 
  rest 
  their 
  lever 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  reliable 
  steadiness. 
  

  

  Another 
  point 
  of 
  resemblance 
  or 
  analogy 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  

   eighty 
  or 
  so 
  elements 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  compared 
  to 
  species, 
  or 
  

   better 
  to 
  types 
  of 
  organisms. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  very 
  well 
  

   what 
  being 
  an 
  element 
  means, 
  and 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  very 
  

   well 
  what 
  being 
  a 
  species 
  means, 
  but 
  we 
  do 
  know 
  that 
  in 
  

   elements 
  and 
  species 
  alike 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  uniqueness 
  

   or 
  specificity. 
  One 
  is 
  not 
  forgetting, 
  of 
  course, 
  what 
  has 
  

   been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  experimental 
  transformism 
  alike 
  

   with 
  organic 
  species 
  and 
  chemical 
  elements, 
  but, 
  taking 
  

   the 
  world 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  the 
  characteristic 
  feature, 
  whether 
  of 
  

   species 
  or 
  elements, 
  is 
  the 
  persistence 
  of 
  each 
  clear-cut 
  entity 
  

   on 
  its 
  own 
  line 
  of 
  being. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  inter-relatedness 
  in 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms, 
  it 
  

   has 
  its 
  analogue 
  in 
  any 
  systematisation 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   inorganic 
  domain. 
  The 
  approximation 
  to 
  individuality 
  il- 
  

   lustrated 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  solar 
  system 
  is 
  associated 
  

   with 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  correlation 
  between 
  its 
  parts. 
  The 
  

   circulation 
  of 
  matter 
  in 
  the 
  organic 
  realm 
  has 
  its 
  counter- 
  

   part 
  in 
  the 
  inorganic. 
  The 
  persistence 
  of 
  matter 
  and 
  the 
  

   conservation 
  of 
  energy 
  hold 
  true, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  in 
  both. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  beauty, 
  it 
  varies 
  greatly 
  in 
  significance, 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  limit 
  to 
  its 
  range. 
  In 
  its 
  way 
  the 
  grain 
  of 
  sand 
  

   is 
  as 
  perfect 
  as 
  the 
  egg 
  of 
  the 
  wren. 
  There 
  is 
  often 
  an 
  in- 
  

   describably 
  fine 
  finish 
  about 
  the 
  inorganic 
  natural 
  product, 
  

   as 
  we 
  see 
  in 
  agates 
  and 
  crystals, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  haunting 
  

   beauty 
  in 
  things 
  great 
  and 
  small, 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  pebble, 
  that 
  makes 
  us 
  thoughtful 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  joyous. 
  We 
  

   venture 
  to 
  say, 
  however, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  inorganic 
  domain 
  com- 
  

  

  