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elements, bringing them together one by one in their 

 order of combination and under a suitable temperature ; 

 they Avould then wrap over each other and form a 

 molecule of great complexity. Now Nature does what 

 man cannot do, and when Nature does this act we call 

 it " spontaneous generation." We shall presently see 

 to what important issues this fundamental conception 

 leads us. 



