THE TETRAKINETIC THEORY 



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Organism A 



Under 

 Newtoti's Laws of Motion 



and 

 Modern Thermodynamics 



Actions, Reactions, and 



Interactions 



of the 



1 . InorganicEnvironmetit: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of space, of the 

 sun, earth, air, and 

 water. 



2. Organism,: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of the devel- 

 oping individual in 

 the tissues, cells, 

 protoplasm, and cell- 

 chromatin. 



3. Heredity-Germ: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of the heredity- 

 chro matin included 

 in the reproductive 

 cells and tissues. 



4. Life Environment: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of other or- 

 ganisms. 



Under 



Darwin^ s Law 



of 

 Natural Selection 



Survival of the fittest: 

 competition, selec- 

 tion, and elimination 

 of the energies and 

 forms. 



Organisms B-Z 



Under 



Newton's Laws of Motion 



and 



Modern Thermodynamics 



Actions, Reactions, and 



Interactions 



of the 



1. InorganicEnvironmcnt: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of space, of the 

 sun, earth, air, and 

 water. 



2. Organism: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of the devel- 

 oping individual in 

 the tissues, cells, 

 protoplasm, and ccU- 

 chromatin. 



3. IIcredity-Germ: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of the heredity- 

 chromatin included 

 in the reproductive 

 cells and tissues. 



4. Life Environment: 



physicochemical en- 

 ergies of other or- 

 ganisms. 



If a single name is demanded for this conception of evolution it 

 might be termed the tetrakinetic theory in reference to the four sets of 

 internal and external energies which play upon and within every 

 individual and every race. In respect to form it is a tetraplastic 

 theory in the sense that every living plant and animal form is plas- 

 tically moulded by four sets of energies. The derivation of this 

 conception of life and of the possible causes of evolution from the laws 

 which have been developed out of the Newtonian system, and from 

 those of the other great Cambridge philosopher, Charles Darwin, 

 are clearly shown in the above diagram. 



