202 Transactions of the Society. 



lifeless is the sole origin of the Hving — that in fact the non-living 

 and the Hving are one — is now unjustifiable, and cannot be 

 reasonably entertained. This monstrous fallacy, though taught 

 with the greatest confidence, is based on assumptions, and is 

 supported by arbitrarily selected facts, and by not a few misrepre- 

 sentations and dogmatic assertions. Whenever any form of this 

 felse doctrine has been successfully forced mto popularity, it has 

 led to the adoption and propagation of the most grievous errors 

 and grotesque conceits. 



