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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
158
In
passing
from
the
vegetable
to
the
mineral
kingdom,
we
find
a
like
diffusion
of
types
overlapping
and
blending
into
each
other.
Some
forms
of
vegetation
are
so
low
in
the
scale
of
organism
as
to
make
it
difficult
to
say
whether
they
are
vegetable
or
mineral
compounds.
Of
course
we
find
no
trace
of
speech,
but
there
is
that
hint
of
expression
or
suggestion
of
desire
as
found
in
the
vegetable
kingdom.
In
the
chemical
world
one
element
will
select
another
with
which
it
will
combine,
while
to
other
elements
it
shows
a
great
aversion.
When
one
chemical
element
selects
another
and
combines
with
it
we
call
this
chemical
affinity.
The
ultimate
force
which
causes
this
affinity
is
one
of
the
unknown
facts
concerning
matter;
but
it
is
possible
that
such
affinities
and
aversions
constitute
the
basis
upon
which
rests
the
selections
and
aversions
of
plants
and
animals.
But
as
we
rise
in
the
scale
the
combinations
of
matter
become
more
complex
and
the
functions
of
each
part
more
specific.
It
is
possible,
when
we
become
more
familiar
with
the
forces
of
Nature,
that
we
shall
find
that
affinity
and
repulsion
are
but
the
positive
and
negative
poles
of
the
forces
which
act
on
matter;
that
chemical,
vegetable
and
animal
activity
are
based
upon
the
same
fundamental
causes,
and
that
speech,
which
is
only
one
form
of
expression,
is
the
highest
product
of
such
an
ultimate
force,
but
in
all
conditions
of
matter,
such
forces,
either
positive
or
negative,
are
the
ultimate
motives
of
expression.
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