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posited by the aphis or plant-louse. Again, the 

 herring produces 25,000 ova; the lump-fish, 155,000; 

 the halibut, 3,500,000; the sturgeon, 7,635,000; and 

 the codfish and oyster no less than from nine to ten 

 millions. 



(6) Animal Form. — The normal animal form 

 differs from the normal mineral or vegetal form in a 

 striking degree. The reason why it is so is obvious, 

 for, like all else in nature, animals are in their form 

 subservient to the universal law of design — Polarity. 

 In them the design, following the lines of force, is 

 from the centre or stomach-battery outwards. But, 

 as the animal is not stationary like the plant, the 

 polarity is less marked ; yet, even in man, if he 

 stands navel deep in water, with outstretched limbs, 

 the evidence of polaric design is conspicuous in his 

 bifurcation, his legs and toes forming one pole, corres- 

 ponding to the roots of the plant, his arms and fingers 

 another, corresponding to the branches. Even, there- 

 fore, as we see innumerable forms produced in the 

 mineral and vegetal kingdoms by the action of the 

 polaric law, so there is no limit to the operation of 

 the same law in the animal kingdom. No design 

 drawn by man is so beautiful that it is not excelled 

 by innumerable animals, and none so hideous but 

 that living monsters rival it. 



(7) Animal Energy and Life. — The British Associa- 

 tion is a scientific thermometer which registers yearly 

 the maximum point of the world's scientific know- 

 ledge. Thus, at Oxford 1894, Lord Salisbury, as 



