632 THE MOUNTAIN. 



The god of the woods stands the great symbol of the 

 "primordial utricle," the personification of the perfect "cell" 

 or original " germ" of the organic world. 



"Pan was, from his birth, perfectly developed, and had 

 the same appearance as afterward." 



"No organism has been created of larger size than an 

 infusorial point. " 



"The formative nutrient process is the principal pro- 

 cess of the organic world." 



Thus is it that the great inspirations and prophecies of 

 the Reason march whole ages before the perceptions and 

 demonstrations of the Understanding, and the pipe of Pan, 

 the hymns of Homer, and the ancient atom, herald the ad- 

 vent of the microscope, the doctrine of "cells," and the 

 philosophy of development and rejuvenescence in Nature, 



FINIS. 



