THE NATURALIST'S VIEW OF LIFE 



juices to act chemically upon the food as soon as 

 there is any in the stomach of the newly born, and 

 breathing and swallowing are both mechanical acts; 

 but what is it that breathes and swallows, and pro- 

 fits by it? a machine? 



Maybe the development of life, and its upward 

 tendency toward higher and higher forms, is in some 

 way the result of the ripening of the earth, its long 

 steeping in the sea of sidereal influences. The earth 

 is not alone, it is not like a single apple on a tree; 

 there are many apples on the tree, and there are 

 many trees in the orchard. 



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