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sight, we are raised to a recognition of the 'Spirit 

 which moves upon the face of the waters,' and 

 which now, as in the first morning of creation, 

 resolves that chaos into harmonious order, that 

 darkness into intelligible light, that suffering into 

 the feeble counterpoise of some greater or more 

 extensive good." 



If we believe Mr. Darwin, his ancient primor- 

 dial fungus must have contained within itself all 

 the elements necessary, not only to people the 

 whole world with living things, but the principle 

 by which the advanced growths of these times 

 resists the encroachments of disease, or repairs 

 the injuries of accident. 



