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reference might show, how, by the middle of the 

 nineteenth century, science was trembling on the 

 verge of discovery of that 'modifying influence' of 

 which Mr. Spencer speaks. That discovery made 

 clear how all that had preceded it not only con- 

 tributed thereto, but gained a significance and value 

 which, apart from it, could not have been secured. 

 When the relation of the several parts to the whole 

 became manifest, each fell into its place like the 

 pieces of a child's puzzle map. 



