146 SUPER-ORGANIC EVOLUTION 



commits the insane folly of self-destruction; the 

 infinity of force renews it without cessation, and 

 man lives and multiplies in spite of his misery. 



Humanity continues in virtue of the same energy 

 that converts the grub into a butterfly, that 

 develops the embryo in the bird's egg, that gives to 

 plants their flower, and to the trees their fruit ; the 

 same energy that makes the water burst forth from 

 the fountain, and lets loose all the terrors of the 

 tempest. 



Health is a case of the harmonious adaptation of 

 the general law of mechanics. 



