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A formless, apparently diffluent and structureless mass is seen to exhibit the essential phenomena of life, -to move, to feed, to grow, to multiply.
But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal.
Even the most advanced of the views here presented are held by very many scientific men, -some as established truths, some as probable opinions.
For its fundamental note is, th... (more Asa Gray quotes)
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