..." all vital action is the result of the molecular forces of the protoplasm that displays it ;" if " the properties of protoplasm result from the nature and disposition of its molecules ;" and if, again, there is no " substantial difference " between the protoplasm of the lobster and...

...means the physical basis of life, is quite sufficient in itself to account for all living phenomena. He says — " If the properties of water may be properly...from the nature and disposition of its molecules." (Lay Sermons, 5th Ed., p. 138.) Let it be here noted, however, that the properties of water do not...

...assigns no other than this as cause of life, and makes the life but a property of the protoplasm. He says: "If the properties of water may be properly...from the nature and disposition of its molecules." Nature is deemed exuberant of one aliment, called protoplasm, that supports all the life of the world,...

...so are (do) those presented by protoplasm, living or dead (give evidence of) " its properties."* " If the properties of water may be properly said to...protoplasm result from the nature and disposition, of its molecules."f * Professor Huxley forgets his dictum just above, when he assumes that a phenomenon can...

...acquosity. If the properties of water may be properly said to result from the nature and disposition of its molecules, I can find no intelligible ground for refusing...from the nature and disposition of its molecules." v * See Huxley—Invertebrate Animals, Anatomy of. f Phys. Basis of Life. " To distinguish the living...

...the phenomena. " What better philosophical status," says Huxley,f ' ; has vitality than acquosity. If the properties of water may be properly said to result from the nature and disposition of its molecules, I can find no intelligible ground for refusing to say that the properties of protoplasm...

...that, described his 'life-matter as due to chemistry,'" and adds, "Here are a few examples : " — "'If the properties of water may be properly said...from the nature and disposition of its molecules.' "Is it possible for words more definitely to convey the statement that the properties of water and...

...the pre-existing protoplasm, an equivalent weight of the matter of life makes its appearance ? ... If the properties of water may be properly said to result from the nature and disposition of its compound molecules, I can find no intelligible ground for refusing to say that the properties of protoplasm...

...water are its proper" ties, so those presented by protoplasm, living or dead, are " its properties. If the properties of water may be properly " said to result from the nature and disposition of its " molecules ; I can find no ground for refusing to say, that " the properties of protoplasm result...

...influence of pre-existing protoplasm, an equivalent weight of the matter of life makes its appearance ? If the properties of water may be properly said to...from the nature and disposition of its molecules. Again, speaking of the properties of water in a liquid and solid state, he says : — We call these...