CONTENTS 



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Peeface 5 



Introduction 19 



Chapter I 



Attraction and Repulsion 23 



The recognition of Cause more important than that of Purpose- 

 Relation between Growth and Reproduction — Attraction and 

 Repulsion — The universality of the two opposing forces — The 

 antithetic basis of a character — Equilibrium and Matter — Atoms 

 and molecules — Dissociation and decomposition — The atomic 

 cycle of Attraction-Repulsion-Attraction— Suggested definition 

 of Life — All Growth is cyclical. 



Chapter II 



The Unit Growth-cycle 32 



The unit growth-cycle, an act of attraction followed by one of 

 repulsion — The basis of all growth-cycles. 



Chapteb III 



Protoplasm. The Individual 35 



Protoplasm a mixture — " Basoplasm " — All Growth is evolution 

 on main and side paths — There are species of atoms, molecules, 

 and cells, as well as of organic types — The " plasmolecule " — The 

 amoeba — The plasmolecular cycle— Definition of the " Indi- 

 vidual " — A unicellular Individual an improbability — The multi- 

 cellular cycle — Suggested basic propositions regarding Growth. 



Chapter IV 

 The Discontinuously Multicellular Individual . . 42 



Its general features — The malarial amceba — Its asexual and sexual 

 cycles not true cycles — Cycle-advance with each successive sporu- 

 lation — The complete Individual all gametes ; this because of 

 Discontinuity — The size of the Individual must have its inevitable 

 limits — The true hsemamceba cycle — The law of " 2 to the Nth " — 

 Fundamental significance of branching — Sphserella — A true gamete 

 may develop vegetatively, without conjugation. 



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