WHAT IS PHYSICAL LIFE 



a cruel, destructive war upon the human 

 race. After fifty years of observation and 

 study of its ghastly doings, I can say that 

 I would rather have the power to cause the 

 tears shed on its account to cease than to 

 be the greatest official or the greatest 

 owner on the earth. Meantime its abso- 

 lutely specific properties, which remain un- 

 changed through the centuries, show that a 

 physico-chemical explanation of the origin 

 of this ancient foe can be expected only 

 by uninstructed intellects. 



