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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
159
[Sidenote:
VITALISATION
OF
MATTER]
As
chemical
formulas
differ
from
each
other
without
losing
the
identity
of
their
elements
which
constitute
them,
so
animal
organisms
and
plant
forms
differ
as
the
spheres
of
life
to
which
they
are
assigned
differ.
It
is
possible
that
chemical
affinity
may
be
the
germ
from
which
all
language
springs,
as
the
chemical
elements
are
the
materials
from
which
all
compounds
are
built
up.
The
vitalisation
of
matter
itself,
and
the
arrangement
of
the
ultimate
particles
which
constitute
a
living
body,
are
the
work
of
the
vital
force
in
a
polarised
condition.
This
will
account,
in
a
measure,
for
all
the
individuals
of
one
type
selecting
one
mode
of
expression,
as
they
select
or
conform
to
one
physical
outline.
In
every
rank
of
life
there
seems
to
be
some
intuitive
mode
of
expression
which
suggest
itself
to
all
the
individuals
of
that
kind
when
they
desire,
under
the
same
conditions,
to
express
the
same
thing.
The
exceptions
to
this
law
of
expression
increase
in
number
as
we
rise
in
the
scale
of
life,
and
the
means
of
expression
increase
and
widen
and
the
faculty
of
thought
enlarges.
The
laws
of
chemical
affinity
are
rigid
and
uncompromising,
and
there
are
but
few
exceptions
in
them,
and
only
marked
changes
of
condition
can
modify
the
results.
As
we
ascend
even
in
the
mineral
kingdom
to
the
higher
compounds
we
find
a
wider
range
of
variation;
and
as
we
continue
our
ascent
through
the
vegetable
world,
we
find
the
same,
and
on
through
animals
to
the
highest
type.
In
the
lower
planes
types
are
more
strictly
adhered
to,
habits
and
food
more
rigidly
observed,
while
among
the
highest
types
of
cultivated
plants
we
find
a
great
diversity
of
fruit
and
bloom,
the
capability
of
transplanting
and
the
creation
of
new
species,
without
losing
the
generic
identity
of
the
plant
or
even
making
it
questionable.
In
the
animal
kingdom
the
same
law
is
complied
with;
and
step
by
step
as
we
ascend
the
same
types
show
greater
and
greater
diversity,
until
we
reach
man--the
climax
of
all
life,
and
within
his
genus,
variation
knows
no
bound.
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