Yes, It Is True That There Are

Many Years Ago It Was Taught That Plants And Animals Were Composed Of Different Materials: Plants, Of A Chemical Substance Of Three Elements,- Carbon, Hydrogen, And Oxygen; Animals Of One Of Four Elements, Nitrogen Being Added To The Other Three.

Faith In Order, Which Is The Basis Of Science, Cannot Reasonably Be Separated From Faith In An Ordainer, Which Is The Basis Of Religion.

The Best Opinion Now Is, That There Are Multitudinous Forms Which Are Not Sufficiently Differentiated To Be Distinctively Either Plant Or Animal, While, As Respects Ordinary Plants And Animals, The Difficulty Of Laying Down A Definition Has Become Far Greater Than Ever Before.

This Substance, Which Is Manifold In Its Forms And Protean In Its Transformations, Has, In Its State Of Living Matter, One Physiological Name Which Has Become Familiar, That Of Protoplasm.

I Am Sufficiently Convinced Already That The Members Of A Profession Know Their Own Calling Better Than Anyone Else Can Know It.