2 DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN ANIMALS 



must be struck with their propriety. The 

 application of them seems at first sight per- 

 fectly easy, and in general it is so. Difficul- 

 ties occur to those only who look very deep- 

 ly into the subject. 



Animals have an organized structure 

 which regularly unfolds itself, and is nou- 

 rished and supported by air and food ; they 

 consequently possess life, and are subject 

 to death; they are moreover endowed with 

 sensation, and with spontaneous, as well as 

 voluntary, motion. 



Vegetables are organized, supported by 

 air and food, endowed with life and subject 

 to death as well as animals. They have in 

 some instances spontaneous, though we know 

 • not that they have voluntary, motion. They 

 are sensible to the action of nourishment, air, 

 and light, and either thrive or languish ac- 

 cording to the wholesome or hurtful applica- 

 tion of these stimulants. This is evident to all 

 who have ever seen a plant growing in a cli- 

 mate, soil, or situation, not suitable to it. 

 Those who have ever gathered a, rose, know 

 but too well how soon it withers ; and the 



