ORGANIC LIFE. 



high points in keeping a constant temperature after 

 the union of the properties into a living mass. And 

 undoubtedly followed next in order of life to the in- 

 sect life, which was undoubtedly of the winged order 

 also. 



Geological conditions of today, studied in the 

 light of geographical conditions, tend in a way to 

 place the fish or life of the deep in advance of the 

 winged life. But in the study of geological conditions 

 as revealed today the question of a foreign jolt upset- 

 ting the surface of the earth must be taken into con- 

 sideration in passing on the priority of life on the face 

 of the earth. It must be remembered that the places 

 where evidence of the order tending to place fish in 

 the first order of life, are the former beds of the ocean 

 before the ocean had a new bed made from the landed 

 portions of the earth, by the jolt from the outside force. 

 For that reason we can concede to that particular por- 

 tion of the earth a priority of life in the order of water 

 animals or fish. But we cannot concede to priority in 

 the order of life when the land is considered along 

 with the watery surroundings. Because the order of 

 life in the mingling of properties into compounds of 

 life, denies to fish the arrival of temperature consistent 

 with the union of properties of matter into a living 

 organism, in advance of the life of the landed portion 

 of the earth prior to the jolt of the foreign body. 



The high points had many reasons when once having 

 arisen above the order of elevation of surroundings, for 

 cooling faster than other portions of the earth. They 



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