CHANGING IDENTITIES 



between this egg and the chicken there lies time, 

 and all science may not hatch an egg instanta- 

 neously. 



PROPOSITION XVI. 



Every identity endowed with life is also endowed 

 with power to bestow that life upon a simular new 

 identity. 



All life is the changing of broken up identity 

 into new identity. (Prop. XIV, B. 2.) 



Clearly we see all around us the life of plants 

 and animals, sustained by the death of other plants 

 and animals. But the sun also dies that the earth 

 may live. (Prop. XVII, B. 1.) 



In this Universe, every primary sphere is in con- 

 tact with two other primary spheres. (Prop. I, 

 B.I.) 



Therefore, every primary sphere is in direct 

 communication with the whole Universe. 



And every manifestation of force in an identical 

 body is the result of universal force; that is, a 

 movement that affects every primary sphere in the 

 Universe. 



There is therefore no rest. There must be either 

 growth or decay; there must be either living or 

 dying in all those identities that for a season hold 

 together a definite number of primary spheres in 

 a definite identical form. 



Again, we clearly see that plants and animals 

 bring forth their own kind, and we know that con- 



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