SCALES, MIRRORS, LEATHERS 



it provides the most effective method of getting in 

 touch with reality. Life in nature has at its disposal 

 several implements and different modes of operation 

 for every action that a creature must perform, and 

 these vary in different living creatures. The organ 

 and its function are associated only as a secondary 

 consideration; they are connected rather by a sort of 

 choice following upon structure and use rather than 

 by a definite arrangement that has always existed and 

 is indispensable." 



"Right!" said my friend, rising, "and now we 

 are concerned with a choice which, for once, is a matter 

 of obligation. We have to dine in good company. 

 These fishing days are days when we are favoured 

 with the company of quite a number of guests. They 

 will be here in a minute or two and I don't wish to 

 keep them waiting. There can be no doubt that 

 when we find ourselves at table with them before a 

 good dinner and with several of our carp in front of 

 us, it will be a choice dictated by our ideas of good 

 food which brings us together." 



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