ELECTRIC FISH 



them. We consider these results and see in what 

 their essential origin resides, included in that activity 

 peculiar to living matter by which we distinguish it 

 from inanimate matter. We perceive that the living 

 world, in its construction, in its division into individuals, 

 is a reflection of this active force. That is enough. If 

 the actual processes in their infinite detail sometimes 

 escape us, we gain an idea of the law that controls 

 them, and we learn how their course is governed. 



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