"The Origin and Evolution of Life' 



A NoTAliLK I'.ooK I'.V lIKNin KA 1 l.'I'l KM t oSlloK'N 

 By K i; A N K 1{. L I L L 1 K 



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Iriiis of t)|-i;;illic ('\ oliit i<iii ill p-licsis dI' tlic ciirtll itx-H'?' Hut llic 



trim- of nioilnn mt'<li;inist ic |t;ilii'<mt<il<t,>:ist wlin woulil iittriii|il tliis 



science i-c|»n'M'iits the lir>t cimiitrclicii- iiiii-t link li;iii(l>^ willi tlic lii(il<iL:i>t who 



-ivf clVorl ill this (lircctinii. I'or iii:my i'\|ici-iiiii'iii> .ind (lc;il> wiili lifr in 



vciirs tlu' tciidciKV nl" n'scjinli li.is hfcii .ictioii. 



InWiird s|t('ti;lli/.ati«)ll ill ;l «tinstillllly :l(- I'l-orrsxu- O-lxnii li;i> tlicsr cniililcts 



■ •Icrat iiiiT rate, with a coiiM'iiucnt acrii- ami has ii>cil thciii: hf ha- had thi- <•<)- 



iimhitinii of sciciitilic t rcasiiiT in pliysics (ijicrat ion tif -cii'iit i>l > in all lirlds. His 



and chcinistrv. ill astfononiy. in lit'oloiry, hook >tand- midway in the Male ( 'os- 



iml ill the various l)iolo;:it'al sciciitcs. mic h]\nlnlinn Sciic- (d' Lcct urcs oj" Ihc 



1 11 the last, progress has hi'cii iiiarki'tl hy National Academy (d' Sciences, whicli 



a more riirorous cxiictiiess ot' hioloirical opened with Sir I']i'nest K'ntherrord's 



oiue|itions. 1)V the extension of liiolo^fi- discourse on "The Constiliit ion of Mat- 



' al cheinistrv and the oriirin of new ter and the Involution of the Klements," 



ideas concerniiii:' dieinical coi-relatioiis and conliiund with "The M\olulion of 



within thi' organism, hy an immense the Siai> and the |-'ormalion of the 



devehtpnii'lit of the cell doct riiie wlijeh Mai'lh"" li\ William Wallace (amiihell. 



• loininates the s])eeial |)liysiolo<:y of ;ind the "Oriiiin of the Karth" hy 

 every part, hy tlie rise of exact ireiietii- Thomas ( lirowder ("h;iml)erlin. It thns 

 -tinlv and thi' extension rd' ex|)erinient rests on tlie-e aut hoi-itat i\e pi-eseiita- 

 lo all parts of the analytic hiolo<rieal tions of the i»reseiit slat ii- of inor^'anic 

 Held, hy the rapid <:r()wtli of ])aliv:)ii- evolution, and e>.-ays to hridire the 

 tolo^ieal knowledtr,. jind the consequent ^nvatest *rap in the evolution prohlem — 

 revision of animal and plant classifica- from lifeless to Iiviii>i- and to fornni- 

 tion — and hy much hesides. I-]\eiy late the mo-t difficult of all evolution- 

 -peciali>t was so en<rrossed in thehi-anty ary prohleui<. that of lixiiiL;' thin;z^. 

 and fertilitv oi his own proldems. and The authoi' is fully aware of the 

 -o inijiressed with the almost radically iirealness (d' hi> task. I n t he prtd'ace he 

 iivsolultle character <d' the fundamental say>: "In these lectures we may take 



• piestions of his own Held, that the >ome of the initial steps towanl an eii- 

 L'reat<'st of all hioIo<rieal (piestions. the eri^y conception of Involution and an 

 >vntliesis of the whole — the orijrin and eiiei'i^y conception of Heredity, and 

 evolution of life — seemed even farthei' away from the matter and foi-m conce]i- 

 reinoved and nior<' dillicult than it could tions which have |)revailed for o\er a 

 have appeared to the naturalists of century." A^rain : "We are not ready 

 harwin's time. for a elearlv deveIo|)e(l ener<ry coneej)- 



To he the arcliitoct of this supreme tion of the oiiiiin of life, still less of 



construction, who so fitted as the jiahe- evolution and of heredity; yet we lie- 



oiitoloirist who has the .sense of time lieve that onr theory of the actions, 



the creator — who cor»|>erates with the reactions. an<l interact ions of Iivin<r en- 



' Thf Ori'/iii anil E>i>Uilii,n nf Lifr. nn tif Thmril of .[rtinn. h'<ii<liun iiinl I i\l>iiiilinn o/ Eiiirmi. hy 

 H.-nry Kiiirfifid Oshorii Cliiirlcs Sirilnn-rs Sons. New York. lill". \>i>. xxxi. ;fJJ with i:ui ilhistriitions. 



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