^^- Pasteur L 



11 which he J. 



certainty,;- 



that .tlie 3'- 





a V 



cry appiit 

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 le (iM.Ps?:' 



rms. But 



duced. Let; 



the amooJt': 



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legative 



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is not sr 



such and i 

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of th^ ; 

 little -f 



t:^^ beginnings of life. 



287 



cal and translucent particles of a tolerably definite size ; 

 and then^ amongst the materials filtered from the atmo- 



FiG. 66. 



Fungus M'ith minute Spores, found in a Closed Flask. (Pouchet.) 



a. M}xelial filaments, magnified. 



h. Unmagnified tuft 



c. Spore-case, more highly magnified. 



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sphere similar little spherical particles exist^ also de- 

 void of specific characters: ergo^ it is argued^ these 



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are the very bodies required, these are in fact organ- 

 ized germs! So far, the observations and reasonings of 

 M. Pasteur have no other cogency than this, however 

 much he may seem to have verified his assumption by 

 other experiments. The danger of mistaking simi- 

 larity for identity^ when dealing with such general 



