xiv Analytical Oiitline of Contents. 



X. The entire Theory ,. ^ 



Summed up in two Proposition*. 

 " Protoplasm is the clay of the Potter " 

 The bricks are .the same (says Mr. Huxley) 



Because the clay is the same.^ 

 But 



Is the clay the same ? 



Can it be identified ? as Mr. Huxley affirms. 

 Examination of the alleged three-fold unity, Faculty, 



Form, Substance. 

 Instead of "identity " there is 



" An infinite diversity." 



XI. Protoplasm not convertible 



As alleged by Mr. Huxley. 



Functions, too, are inconvertible, and 

 are 



Independent of mere chemical com- 

 position. 

 XII. As of the Bricks, then, so of the Clay : 



It is not identical 



It is not convertible 



It includes 



" An Infinitude of various Kinds." 



XIII. Mr. Huxley's Variations : 



A complete Revolution of Opinion. 



XIV. His "subtle influences" 



Invoked to supersede "Vitality." 

 The Bases of Physical Life = (?) 

 The Physical Basis of Life 

 Cf. " The iron basis of the candle," with 

 " The basis of the iron candle " 1 

 XV. His Refutation by Dr. Beale. 



" I doubt if in the whole range of 

 modern science it would be possible 

 to find an assertion more at variance 

 with facts familiar to physiologists." 

 XVI. His former maintenance of 



"Vitality" and "Inertia." 



XVII. Dogmatism of his assertions : Contrasted with Magnl* 

 tude of his admissions. 



