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which are "physical" or "vital," to different 

 schools, of materialistic or idealistic leanings 

 respectively, albeit physical rather than 

 biological in either case. Our present point 

 is that before inquiring into the secret of the 

 organism "Life" in the innermost and 

 organismal sense we must seek a deeper 

 appreciation of the process of living.. What 

 then is this? On the one hand there is 

 n JL^Jt< anting uon the 



organism; and CQL the Other thfj OrpRTiisiiY in 

 o aJ action uon 



t.hp. Hynfljnjfa fflatinu. in its twofold 



IS f^fti L&fiit Jjl II T ** *i*ti 1 O 1 ! 



THE EVOLUTION IDEA: ITS HISTORY. 

 Before we seek to relate the various theories 

 of evolution factors that have been suggested 

 to the three categories of Biologv-4-X)rganism. 

 JL Function,3iEnvironment it may conduce to 

 clearness o consider for a little the general 

 "doctrine of descent." 



While it is true, as Professor Osborn puts 

 it, that "Before and after Darwin" will al- 

 ways be the "Ante et post urbem conditam" 

 of biological history, it is also true that the 

 general idea of organic evolution is very 



qjicient. S^vgrgJ nf thp. G*PV philngnplipra 



looked upon Nati* ag h*wing developed. 

 find as being still in prooess of p|ia,ngp. Aris- 

 totle seems to have recognized an ascending 



