﻿LECTUKE 
  X. 
  

   ADAPTIVENESS 
  AND 
  PURPOSIVENESS. 
  

  

  1. 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  Abounds 
  in 
  Adaptations. 
  2. 
  Their 
  Origin 
  

   neither 
  by 
  Design 
  nor 
  Mechanical. 
  3. 
  Is 
  There 
  ( 
  Purpose 
  ' 
  

   in 
  the 
  Inorganic 
  Domain? 
  4. 
  Purposefulness 
  and 
  Purposive- 
  

   ness 
  in 
  Human 
  Behaviour. 
  5. 
  Purposiveness 
  and 
  Purpose- 
  

   fulness 
  in 
  Animal 
  Behaviour. 
  6. 
  The 
  Purposelikeness 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ordinary 
  Functioning 
  of 
  the 
  Body 
  is 
  Covered 
  by 
  the 
  Concept 
  

   of 
  Adaptation. 
  7. 
  Provisional 
  Conclusion 
  and 
  Anticipation. 
  

  

  OUR 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  Realm 
  of 
  Organisms 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  affords 
  

   evidence 
  in 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  propositions: 
  (1) 
  that 
  

   living 
  creatures 
  are 
  individualities 
  standing 
  apart 
  from 
  

   things 
  in 
  general 
  and 
  not 
  exhaustively 
  described 
  in 
  mecha- 
  

   nistic 
  terms; 
  (2) 
  that 
  their 
  lives 
  abound 
  in 
  behaviour 
  with 
  

   a 
  psychical 
  aspect; 
  (3) 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  

   a 
  prevalence 
  of 
  orderly 
  systematisation, 
  balance, 
  and 
  smooth 
  

   working; 
  (4) 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  pervasive 
  beauty 
  both 
  hidden 
  

   and 
  revealed; 
  and 
  (5) 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  

   time 
  and 
  energy 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  organisms 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   activities 
  which 
  make 
  not 
  for 
  self-maintenance 
  and 
  self- 
  

   aggrandisement, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  continuance 
  and 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  

   race. 
  In 
  fact, 
  we 
  find 
  in 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  far-reaching 
  

   correspondence 
  to 
  the 
  ideals 
  of 
  the 
  True, 
  the 
  Beautiful, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Good 
  correspondences 
  which 
  may 
  suggest 
  to 
  some 
  a 
  

   possible 
  line 
  of 
  development 
  for 
  Natural 
  Theology. 
  

  

  1. 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  Abounds 
  in 
  Adaptations. 
  

  

  A 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms 
  affords 
  another 
  great 
  

   impression 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  prevalence 
  of 
  adaptations. 
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