326 REJUVENESCENCE IN NATURE. 



required for its entrance into combination with the lower 

 steps of nature, from which the development starts ? As 

 in the Individual, then, so certainly in all Nature, with 

 which the individual is combined through the common 

 destination lying at the very foundation of all life. This 

 connection is testified to us by the unity of the final term, 

 in which we see the structure of entire Nature receive its 

 key-stone. Is it not here again the recollection of the 

 original destination of created life, which carries up step 

 by step the development of Nature, from the first stirrings 

 of life, through infinitely numerous links of Reju- 

 venescence, to the appearance of Man? Finally, is it 

 not this which impels even Humanity to Rejuvenise itself 

 from race to race in ever more deeply searching recollection 

 of its high purpose, comprehending that of all Nature, 

 and connecting it with the Eternal Source whence all 

 internal Law and Force of Life derive their origin ? 



