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parts of the body to the heart against 

 gravity can only be made possible by a 

 mechanical arrangement. The bowels 

 convey their content mechanically; me- 

 chanically the muscle movements take 

 place, and mechanical motility charac- 

 terizes men and animals. The human 

 eye obeys the same laws as a camera 

 obscura and the ear catches the sound 

 waves in same way as does any other 

 vault, and so on. 



Science, therefore, entertains no 

 doubt that the living organism is a 

 machine as well as the steam engine, 

 i. e., a system where chemical affinity 

 produces heat, electricity and muscular 

 energy. 



Now, are these facts, pointed out by 

 Btichner, true and correct? Undoubt- 

 edly they are in all essential respects 

 eternal truths, and we may add that 

 they are just as important foundations 

 for idealism as the materialists have 

 claimed them to be for their opinion. 

 But before we take up this subject let 



