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portionate to the concentration of the hydrogen ions, the catalyzer 

 apparently acting only by its presence and not changing the final 

 condition of equilibrium, all are in perfect agreement with this simple 

 conception of the manner in which the catalyzer produces its appar- 

 ently marvelous result. The future must determine how many of the 

 catalytic actions which are of such fundamental importance in the 

 economy of organic life will be capable of explanations equally simple 

 and quantitative in their ultimate terms, however much these terms 

 may vary in details. 



