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THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE 



look for an absolute barrier between the Living and 

 the not-living. We know nothing of an absolute com- 

 mencement of Life ; we may know some of the lowest 



mere 



smallness, barely perceptible even by our highest micro- 

 scopic powers — but these are even then living organic 

 units. We cannot, however, penetrate further— who 

 can describe the primordial collocations ? However 

 much we may wish it, we cannot be present at the 

 genesis of Life — the veil is still there. The gradual 

 transition from the not-living to the Living is still 

 hidden from our view, and so, perhaps, it may ever 



remain. 



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Nature's C)'cle. 

 inorganic materi: 

 Theories of Organizal 

 Views of Goodsi 

 views concerning 

 our knowledge \ 

 ^iews concernint 

 Huxley's opposi 



'Molecular Thee 

 ^'^7 many Physi 

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