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to parts that are organized in a particular manner, to eggs, 
or perhaps to fomething more than eggs. The lingular 
propagation of feveral kinds of this animal fcems to fa- 
vour this conjecture. In fo minute an objedt as the frefli- 
water polypus, much is ealily overlooked ; but in the fea- 
aiiemonies, although we are far from feeing every thing, 
yet it is poilible, even without the afiiftance of glaffes, 
to difcern a great deal which mulf efcape us in the molt 
diligent examination of the other animal. Although I 
fpeak this from experience, I do not pretend that our 
ideas concerning reproduction, and efpecially the repro- 
duction of parts, flrould be confined to what is here af- 
ferted. It is known that every part of a living animal, 
occ. hath an organization far furpalfing any idea we can 
form of it ; that its leaft particles are Itill organized ; and 
there is no faying how far this may extend. In feeds, 
See. this organization admits of an altonifliing degree of 
expanfion, 
partie plus particulierement organlfee, a un oeuf, on nieme a qudque cliofe de 
plus qu’un oeuf. La propagation finguliere deplulieurs efpeces de polipes fenible 
favorifer cette conjedlure. Les polipes d’eau douce font fi petits qu’il eft facile 
de ne pas tout appercevoir. Dans les anemones de mer, quoiqu’on foit fort eloigne 
de tout voir, on peut cependant, meme fans le fecours de la loupe, remarquer 
bien des chofes qui echappent dans I’obfervation du polipe d’eau douce. Quoique 
je park id d’aprd l’experience,je ne diffimulerai pas,qu’on ne doit point y reftrein- 
dre fes idees a I’egard de la reproduftion et furtout de la reprodudion de parties. 
On fait que toutes les parties d’un etre vivant, &c. ont une organifation qui fur- 
palfe infiniment I’idee que nous pouvons nous en faire ; que fes moindres particules 
font encore organifees quoiqu’infiniment petites; on ne fait pas meme jufqu’ou 
cela peut after : cette organifation permet dans les graines, &c. des develope- 
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