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able to identify certain ones or combinations 

 of them by the results produced. For con- 

 venience we may use the term "organic 

 energy" as a generic term to designate those 

 forms of energy which are associated with 

 those bodies known as organic. 



One of the phenomena of organic energy is 

 reproduction, by which the identical forms of 

 energy are started into operation in new 

 bodies, after which the organic energy in the 

 previous bodies becomes dissipated, and those 

 bodies cease to exist as individuals. The new 

 bodies take on the same form and structure 

 as the previous bodies, and the new bodies 

 with their associated energy become new 

 individuals. The result is that while the 

 individuals are ephemeral in existence, the 

 same forms and structure of matter and 

 the same kinds of energy persist through 

 successive generations of individuals. 



That principle of nature by which the 

 same form and structure of matter and the 

 same kinds of energy persist through such a 

 complicated process as reproduction is known 



