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perpetual disequilibrium is the result of perpetual striving 

 for equilibrium. Disequilibrium can only be maintained 

 in presence of a more or less constant supply of foreign 

 particles, and these by inducing atomic attractions and 

 repulsions perpetuate unrest ; failing such a supply, the 

 living atomic inter-reactions will steadily diminish, Life will 

 cease, and the comparative equilibrium of dead matter be 

 established. But whatever one's views regarding the nature 

 of Life, the fundamental action of the One Force which 

 acts as the opposing forces of Attraction and Repulsion 

 must be admitted. These are the forces which actuate 

 (and we might say are) all Growth whatsoever ; which, 

 whether living or dead in nature, is essentially cyclical. 



