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proposed by Rubey. The principal question is the relative lengtii of time that 

 the Earth had these respective atmospheres. This question is not critical to the 

 problem of spontaneous generation since organic compounds can be synthesized 

 in both proposed atmospheres (provided Rubey's contains some hydrogen) and 

 since the organic compounds would be similar in both cases. 



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