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pattern of the web, as the General and 

 Specific life-forces in the germ-cell combine 

 to develop an organism of a specific type. 



The speed of the loom, the quality of the 

 yarn, and the conditions of manufacture 

 may vary, and any variation will so affect 

 the web that the skilled eye can detect a 

 corresponding difference in the cloth, just 

 as the breeder can recognise different ex- 

 pressions of the same type among the 

 animals he breeds, arising from analogous 

 causes. 



The art of weaving was developed from 

 the simple to the complex by successive steps 

 or stages ; so also the evolution of life. 



The method of weaving varies, but the 

 underlying principle the interlacing of 

 filaments is the same throughout ; as in 

 life, all growth is by the multiplication of 

 cells. 



Plants and animals may be classified to 

 illustrate the successive steps in evolution. 

 In like manner products of the loom may 

 be arranged to show clearly the successive 

 stages in the development of weaving, and 

 the several fabrics will have so much in 

 common that the complex might seem to 

 have grown out of the simple, as in a sense 

 it did. But no intelligent observer would 



