THE TETRAKINETIC THEORY 283 
OrcaNnism A 
Under 
Newton’s Laws of Motion 
and 
Modern Thermodynamics 
Actions, Reactions, and 
Interactions 
of the 
1. Inorganic Environment: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of space, of the 
sun, earth, air, and 
water. 
2. Organism: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of the devel- 
oping individual in 
the tissues, cells, 
protoplasm, and cell- 
chromatin. 
3. Heredity-Germ: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of the heredity- 
chromatin included 
in’ the reproductive 
cells and tissues. 
4. Life Environment: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of other or- 
ganisms. 
Under 
Darwin's Law 
of 
Natural Selection 
Survival of the fittest: 
competition, _ selec- 
tion, and elimination 
of the energies and 
forms. 
OrGANISMS B-Z 
Under 
Newton’s Laws of Motion 
a 
Modern Thermodynamics 
Actions, Reactions, and 
Interactions 
of the 
1. InorganicEnvironment:_ 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of space, of the 
sun, earth, air, and 
; water. 
2. Organism: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of the devel- 
oping individual in 
the tissues, cells, 
protoplasm, and cell- 
chromatin. 
3. Heredity-Germ: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies ofthe heredity- 
chromatin included 
in the reproductive 
cells and tissues. 
4. Life Environment: 
physicochemical en- 
ergies of other or- 
ganisms. 
If a single name is demanded for this conception of evolution it 
might be termed the tetrakinetic theory in reference to the four sets of 
internal and external energies which play upon and within every 
individual and every race. 
In respect to form it is a tetraplastic 
theory in the sense that every living plant and animal form is plas- 
tically moulded by four sets of energies. 
conception of life and of the possible causes of evolution from the laws 
which have been developed out of the Newtonian system, and from 
those of the other great Cambridge philosopher, Charles Darwin, 
are clearly shown in the above diagram. 
The derivation of this 
