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 planation of these phenomena. It involves very much that is uncer- 

 tain and paradoxical, but I have developed it in detail, because it may- 

 serve as a guide for new investigations. For even if no relation be- 

 tween crystallization and the growth of organisms be admitted in prin- 

 ciple, this view has the advantage of affording a distinct representation 

 of the organic processes ; an indispensable requisite for the institution 

 of new inquiries in a systematic manner, or for testing by the dis- 

 covery of new facts a mode of explanation which harmonizes with 

 phenomena already known. 



