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it into two different parts ; and it is necessary to life. 

 But we cannot take it alone we can only take it 

 when it is combined with other substances. We 

 must have prepared food. Now this is just what the 

 plants do for us. As we have seen, they take in the 

 carbon and assimilate or combine it into their own 

 substance. Then in this combined and prepared 

 form you and I and the animals in general can use 

 the stalks, leaves, seeds, and other parts of plants 

 as food. 



How wonderful is this and of what vital importance 

 to us are the plants ! Silently, but busily, they are 

 working for us all the day long, not only purifying 

 the atmosphere for us to breathe, but also actually pre- 

 paring food for us to eat Under God's Providence, 

 through the working of the plants, we can breathe 

 and eat and live. 



