126 SUPER-ORGANIC EVOLUTION 



is, the coefficient 1, which give the series of 

 notes sol, si flat, do, re, mi, succeeding one another 

 at ever closer intervals (minor thirds and seconds), 

 and producing, by the suppression of notes 2, 4, 6, 

 8, 10, a perfect chord, similar to that which results 

 from the notes 1,2, 3, 4, 5, with the difference of 

 an octave between them. 



It is seen that everything in Nature is subject 

 to exact laws, everything in Nature represents 

 elements of energies which combine in fixed 

 numerical proportions, as fixed and precise as are 

 invariable the angles in crystals of the same species, 

 the designs on the feathers of birds or the spots on 

 the skins of animals, and hence the harmonics in 

 music, and the exactitude of the law of gravity. 

 This same exactness should be found in man, but 

 is not, as his social conditions prohibit it. These 

 conditions of regularity in the human species would 

 establish his complete health. But, on the contrary, 

 of all animals, man is the most subject to illness to 

 a depressing extent ; and of animals, those which 

 suffer most are those which are most associated 

 with man. 



The symmetry of form in crystals must be 

 represented in animals by the regularity of their 

 chemico-biological formation, which is what governs 

 also the symmetry of plants and animals. Which 

 leads to the following conclusion : Man represents 



