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CHAPTER II. 



ZOOLOGY. 



DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INORGANIC AND ORGANIC 



MATTER NATURE OF LIFE ANALOGIES IN THE 



STRUCTURE OF MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS RE- 

 LATIONS OF THE FUNCTIONS TO EACH OTHER. 



THE general division of Matter is into inorganic 

 and organic, the former including all mineral 

 substances the latter all vegetables and animals. 

 Both are formed probably by the combination of 

 more or fewer of the same primary or elementary 

 principles ; but the characters of the resulting 

 compounds, and the properties which each dis- 

 play, are essentially different. 



Thus inorganic matters are of unlimited extent, 

 and are not bounded each by its proper envelope ; 

 whereas, such as are organic are comprised with- 

 in definite limits, and have, for the most part, 

 each its own distinct coat. The form and pro- 

 portions of the former are, in like manner, gene- 

 rally indeterminate, or, if otherwise, as is the 

 case with crystals, they are bounded by flat sur- 

 faces and right lines ; while the latter have al- 

 ways more or less definite forms and proportions, 



