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as double salts, i.e. on account of the affinity which the 

 atoms or atomic groups of the one molecule have for the 

 atoms or atomic groups of the molecule juxtaposed to it. 

 A mutual attraction thus results, which brings about a 

 well-defined arrangement between the molecules. As the 

 arrangement of the biomolecules in the biomore is thus in 

 close relation with the arrangement of their atoms, it is 

 obvious that their arrangement will be modified by the 

 chemical changes in the molecules, and as the phenomena 

 of assimilation induce these chemical changes, the bio- 

 molecules will modify their arrangement in conformability 

 to the new disposition of their atoms. There will thus 

 necessarily be a continual movement of the biomolecules of 

 a biomore during assimilation. 



There is in the biomore a state intermediate between 

 the solid and the liquid, because of the mobility of the 

 molecules as in a liquid, and of their definite arrangement 

 as in a solid. 



This peculiar arrangement of the biomolecules in the 

 biomore is of importance in the phenomena of assimilation. 

 Not only do the biomolecules increase their instability by 

 it, but they also by their biomoric arrangement create the 

 chemical conditions necessary for their life, and whicli 

 would not be found if each lived isolated, e.g. atomic 

 group a, uniting biomolecules A and B in the same 

 biomore may, during assimilatory changes, be attracted 

 from A to B to serve as food; it would then be a secretion 

 product of A. A, on the other hand, might have its 

 development facilitated by removal of atomic group a. 

 The two biomolecules would thus mutually aid one another, 

 and would constitute a true mutual symbiosis, and the 

 conditions of their life are better supplied than if each, 

 lived separately. This is an extremely simple example of 

 what must really be in the living molecule represented by 

 exceedingly complex conditions. 



Morphologically, therefore, a biomore is a union of 

 several biomolecules ; physiologically it is a true symbiosis 

 of biomolecules, of which some by their presence facilitate 

 the assimilatory reactions of others, whilst the latter 

 furnish the former with chemical substances necessary for 

 their development. 



