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NATURE AND ART, 



PART I. 



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CHAPTER I. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMALS & VEGETABLES AS DIS- 

 TINGUISHED FROM FOSSILS & FROM EACH OTHER. 



JLhose who with a philosophical eye have contemplated the pro* 

 ductious of Nature, have all, by common consent, divided them 

 into three great classes, called the Animal, the Vegetable, and the 

 Mineral or Fossil Kingdoms. These terms are still in general use, 

 and the most superficial observer must be struck with their proprie- 

 ty. The application of them seems at first sight perfectly easy, and 

 in general it is so. Difficulties occur to those only who look very 

 deeply into the subject. 



Animals have an organized structure which regularly unfolds 

 itself, and is nourished and supported by air and food ; they conse- 

 quently possess life, aivi are subject to death ; they are moreover 

 endowed with sensation, and with spontaneous, as well as voluntary, 

 motion. 



Vegetables are organized, supported by air and food, endowed 

 with life, and subject to death, as well as animals. They have in 



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