CREATION BY LAW. 



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Growths ? It is not until we ask ourselves this 

 question that we discover what a deep question 

 it is — how endless are the avenues of thought and 

 of inquiry which it opens up. 



First, one relation which we detect in all varia- 

 tions of organic growth, is simply the relation of 

 symmetry. This kind and degree of Correlation 

 of Growth prevails even in the world which we call 

 Inorganic. The corresponding sides and angles 

 of a crystal, for example, may be said to be cor- 

 related together. The nature of this relation is 

 geometrical and numerical. It is a relation having 



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reference to invariable rules of number. As regards 



its physical cause, all we can say is, that it is the 



result of forces whose property it is to aggregate 



the particles of matter in definite forms, which 



forms are symmetrical, — that is to say, they are 



forms having an axis with equal developments on 



either side. Correlation of Growth, therefore, in 



this sense points to the work of forces, one of 



whose essential properties is Polarity — that is, 



equal and similar action in opposite directions. 



Now this kind of Correlation of Growth may be 



traced upwards from simple Minerals through all 



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