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-vents; but in what manner precisely this uniting process 

 is accomplished it remains for astronomers to discover. 

 I assume that some vital connection attracts them to one 

 another. 



A solar satellite must perfect itself; it must dry; it 

 must extend its surface of land; for this purpose the 

 animal kingdom is developed and evolves as an organ 

 of spherical culture, being entirely subordinated to the 

 cosmic requirements of the time. 



The spectrum of solar planets must be unbroken. 



The first animal organisms must approximate to the 

 birds and the amphibia; after them leaping creatures 

 must appear-since the primitive valleys must be inter- 

 sected with waterways, rivers and ponds. The pachyderms 

 follow, creatures with skins adequate to resist the prickly 

 growths and force a way through the trackless depths 

 of aboriginal torests; while the open valleys would form 

 the breeding ground of more peaceful species, whose 

 nature would lead them to spread abroad the planetary 

 flora: as such appear undoubtedly the herbivorous qua- 

 drupeds. 



The omnivorous fauna serve as a medium between 

 the valleys, the mountains, the bogs and the forests of 

 this early age. The carnivora judging by their loud voice, 

 swift movements and undeveloped stomach are andoub- 

 tedly a product of the wilderness, whither they uncon- 

 sciously bear the seeds of vegetation. 



Generally speaking if we tollow the history and spe- 

 cific developments of the animal kingdom we shall trace 

 the profound wisdom of nature. Why, for instance do 

 lions roar and serpents hiss. When one only looks at 

 the conditions of these creatures' lives the riddle solves 

 itself. Serpents live in cracks and crevices and caves, 

 seeking in these retreats their young ones' food. If on 

 catching their prey they cried cloud in open air the little 

 snakes, hidden away would never hear, and the cry 

 itself would betray the serpent's presence and give war- 

 ning of its approach: its victims would hide and save 



