76 Essays in Biochemistry 



regulated cataract of reactions, sequences, and products, our first re- 

 sponse must be a deep astonishment at a chaotic regularity which has 

 thus far defied our understanding. Eternal surprise is the engine that 

 drives the searching intellect. Let us hope that the coming generations 

 will not have lost the ability to wonder about the many meanings of 

 these palimpsests of nature. 



