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Products of art must be resorted to, 

 and we know that by lenses, burning 

 mirrors, photographic cameras and the 

 like the sun may be forced to accom- 

 plish results that otherwise would be 

 impossible. Such artificial apparatus, 

 then, must be the chlorophyll granules 

 in the cells. More strikingly yet, these 

 organs of the cell may be compared to 

 our blast-furnaces, as it is just in the 

 chlorophyll granules that the reduction 

 of carbonic acid and water, according 

 to science, takes place. If these artifi- 

 cial devices, invented and constructed 

 by the lower living units that consti- 

 tute the cell, did not exist, the sun 

 might shine throughout eternity on 

 water and carbonic acid without pro- 

 ducing organic building material. 



This material is and must be the 

 product of art. If the forces of in- 

 organic nature spontaneously produced 

 sugar, starch, etc., these substances 

 must have the same quality as our 

 rocks, minerals, etc., of being products 

 of combustion, which in such a sup- 



