﻿WITH 
  THE 
  DOMAIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  INORGANIC 
  C>7 
  

  

  binations 
  of 
  lines 
  and 
  colours 
  that 
  are 
  imt 
  beautiful 
  are 
  not 
  

   uncommon, 
  whereas 
  in 
  the 
  organic 
  realm 
  t.lie 
  non-beautiful 
  

   is 
  extremely 
  rare, 
  the 
  reason 
  being 
  that 
  beauty 
  is 
  correlated 
  

   with 
  individuality. 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  assume 
  the 
  external 
  independence 
  of 
  what 
  we 
  call 
  

   matter 
  and 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  building-stone 
  of 
  tin- 
  \v.rld. 
  

   those 
  of 
  us 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  chemists 
  and 
  physicists 
  mu-i 
  make 
  

   an 
  effort 
  to 
  rid 
  ourselves 
  of 
  any 
  picture 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  gro-- 
  and 
  

   inert. 
  How 
  much 
  matter 
  is 
  invisible 
  like 
  tin- 
  air! 
  II..\\ 
  

   much 
  is 
  transparent 
  like 
  the 
  water! 
  How 
  tenuous 
  is 
  tin- 
  

   film 
  of 
  the 
  soap-bubble! 
  How 
  much 
  is 
  ever 
  pas.-ini: 
  I'mm 
  

   phase 
  to 
  phase 
  like 
  an 
  elusive 
  genie! 
  Those 
  who 
  are 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  to 
  think 
  meanly 
  of 
  matter 
  should 
  look 
  again 
  at 
  it.- 
  

   magnificence 
  in 
  the 
  starry 
  heavens 
  and 
  at 
  its 
  exquisiteness 
  

   in 
  the 
  miniature 
  architecture 
  of 
  snow-crystals. 
  We 
  must 
  also 
  

   bear 
  in 
  mind 
  how 
  finely 
  it 
  lends 
  itself 
  to 
  Life's 
  purposes- 
  

   the 
  fashioning 
  of 
  a 
  feather, 
  the 
  sculpturing 
  of 
  a 
  shell, 
  the 
  

   casting 
  within 
  the 
  bud 
  of 
  those 
  blue 
  bells 
  which 
  ring 
  every 
  

   day 
  by 
  the 
  wayside. 
  

  

  But 
  when 
  we 
  pass 
  from 
  ordinary 
  sight 
  to 
  scientific 
  vision, 
  

   how 
  subtle 
  and 
  ethereal 
  matter 
  becomes! 
  What 
  pictures 
  

   modern 
  physics 
  gives 
  us 
  of 
  a 
  restless 
  activity 
  suggestive 
  of 
  

   life! 
  

  

  Matter 
  is 
  thought 
  of 
  as 
  consisting 
  of 
  unit 
  particles 
  or 
  

   molecules, 
  which 
  move 
  freely 
  with 
  great 
  velocity 
  in 
  gases, 
  

   and 
  these 
  molecules 
  are 
  thought 
  of 
  as 
  consisting 
  of 
  several 
  

   atoms 
  which 
  exist 
  in 
  specific 
  and 
  constant 
  configurations. 
  

   Until 
  1896 
  atoms 
  were 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  ultimate 
  build 
  inir- 
  

   stones 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  universe, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  that 
  an 
  integration 
  of 
  hundreds 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  elec- 
  

   trons 
  might 
  form 
  an 
  atom 
  or 
  form 
  a 
  revolving 
  halo 
  amund 
  

   an 
  atom. 
  The 
  study 
  of 
  radium 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  view 
  that 
  the 
  

  

  