8 “INTRODUCTION. 
of the leading distinctions between Organic and Inorganie 
bodies: 
ORGANIC. 
Structure Heterogeneous. 
Grow by intussusception and 
assimilation. 
Perform a series of actions. 
Under the influence of vital 
laws, which for a time resist 
or modify the usual action of 
the chemical and mechanical 
laws. 
Can form a similar being. 
Can repair injured parts. 
Duration definite. 
Integrant parts are dependent | 
on each other. 
Consist of fluids and solids. 
ition complex. 
VEGETABLES. 
Sensibility, or the consciousness of existence, 
InorGAnic. 
Structure Homogeneous. 
Grow by simple juxtaposition. 
May remain inactive. : 
Solely obedient to the ordi 
physical laws, (chemical 
echanical. ) = 
m 
Have no reproductive 
Cannot repair injured 
Duration indefinite. ° 
ie nt soil, are destitute of any consciot 
