24 0. E. FAWSITT. 



building up of stable compounds, and the evolution of living 

 things, will have apparently been a grand "cul de sac." 



Those who find ''Uniformities" in Nature and believe in 

 Uniformity as a guiding principle are right enough up to a 

 certain point, but there are still irregularities and discon- 

 tinuities sufficient to attract our interest and to fascinate 

 our minds, and it looks as though this would continue as 

 long as there is human life on this planet. 



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