THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE 



hollow side of their ball, compressing it together 

 into a single point of light. Thus the general 

 dim light mass is transformed into one striking 

 point. At this point we find in the otherwise 

 crystal clear ball, an opaque spot which glitters 

 emerald green in the light which falls upon it, 

 and partially streams through it. From the re- 

 flection of this green point of light arises the 

 illumination of the little flames that we perceive 

 in the shaft. It naturally disappears every 

 time we cut off the twilight with our shadow, 

 for without this diffused shining the little moss 

 ball can not sift out its ray of brilliant light. 



The apparatus is so skillful that it must cer- 

 tainly have some purpose. All of the cell groups 

 are adjusted so exactly that the green spot, un- 

 der all conditions, receives the concentrated shin- 

 ing light. We can see in the glaring reflection 

 how much stronger this concentrated focused 

 light illuminates than does the otherwise uni- 

 versal twilight of the cave. Where, however, 

 so much light is reflected there must certainly 

 be much more absorbed. This one little spot of 

 green and the arrangement of an especial light 

 trap must have some purpose for the little 

 young moss plant in the cleft. The green color 

 quickly directs us along the right way. Wher- 

 ever this color produced by the so-called green 

 chlorophyl appears in living plants there we 

 know at once that it is a kitchen, where the plant 

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