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world. From the point of view of the new oatii- 

 ral history, every living thing is thus a sort of 

 perpetual puzzle, a practical problem, a series of 

 curious riddles for human ingenuity to unravel if 

 It can ; and when we have read the secret of each 

 to the bottom, we discover a fresh charm and a 

 new meaning in every neglected detaU of the 

 entire physical uni\erse. 



