The cell is, therefore, the IMMEDIATE FOCUS of REJUVENESCENCE, 

 the POINT from whence come all the phenomena of Rejuvenescence in 

 the building up of the articulated (or complex) organism of the 

 plant. 



Thus have we completed our design of subjecting to minute inspec- 

 tion, in the example of the development of the Vegetable Organism, 

 the phenomenon of Rejuvenescence, a phenomenon profoundly con- 

 nected with the essence of natural life, and lying at the base of all 

 progressive movement of life and development, with its multifariously 

 complicated ascending and descending vibrations, in the largest as in 

 the smallest circle of Nature, since this movement is sustained in every 

 case only by renovation. 



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 

 Rejuvenescence, to the appearance of Man? Finally, is it not this 

 which impels even humanity to rejuvenize itself from race to race in 

 even more deeply-searching recollection of its high purpose, compre- 

 hending that of all Nature, and connecting it with the Eternal Source 

 whence all internal Law and Force of Life derive their origin? 



BRAUN. 

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