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THE BEGINNINGS OF II FE. 



alluded to in our succeeding chapters — though others 

 will scarcely be 



referred to, as we wish to 



narrow 



the question in dispute down to its simplest issues.' 

 We will, now, only state that early in the following 

 year an accomplished chemist, M. Pasteur, entered the 

 fieldj and henceforth became the most prominent ob- 

 jector to the doctrines of heterogeny. Although many 

 others have taken part in the contest, still it was, for 

 a long time, in the main carried on between M. Pasteur 

 on the one hand (backed by the immense moral support 

 of the French Academy) and by MM. Pouchet, Joly, 



Musset 



Most 



evidence was, however, adduced in 1862 in support 

 of the possibility of the origin of living things from 



Professor Jeffries Wyman of 



r g 



in 1 858 by Professor Cantoni 



not-living 



matter^ 



U.S., 



of Pavia. 



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( 



jiode 



OF ORI' 



vhich occur 



Plastide-particles i 



of formation 



of i 



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Ms of Bacteria 

 Simllum. Comi> 

 and Pouchet. Son 

 or deposit. Mode 

 cocci, cn-ptococci, 

 aaother and to F 

 Development of F 

 ttese forms. Use 



ofappearanceof t 

 possible. Origin e 

 of latter must not 



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soluti 



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