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- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Number of Pages: 308
- ISBN: 0217767192
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- Release Date: August 1, 2009
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Herbert Spencer (Author)Run a Quick Search on "The Principles of Biology" by Herbert Spencer to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Principles of Biology"Browse more products related to "Herbert Spencer"AnnotationPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. THE DEGREE OF LIFE VARIES AS THE DEGREE OF CORRESPONDENCE. 31. Already it has been shown respecting each other qualification included in the foregoing definition, that the life is high in proportion as that qualification is well fulfilled; and it is now to be remarked, that the same thing is especially true respecting this last qualification?the correspondence between internal and external relations. It is manifest a priori, that since changes in the physical state of the environment, as also those mechanical actions and those variations of available food which occur in it, are liable to stop the processes going on in the organism; and since the adaptive changes in the organism have the effects of directly or indirectly counterbalancing these changes in the environment; it follows that the life of the organism will be short or long, low or high, according to the extent to which changes in the environment are met by corresponding changes in the organism. Allowing a margin for perturbations, the life will continue only while the correspondence continues; the completeness of the life will be proportionate to the completeness of the correspondence; and the life will be perfect only when the correspondence is perfect. Not to dwell in general statements, however, let us contemplate this truth under its concrete aspects. 32. In life of the lowest order, we find that only themost prevalent coexistences and sequences in the environment, have any simultaneous and successive changes answering to them in the organism. A plant's vital processes display adjustment solely to the continuous coexistence of certain elements and forces surrounding its roots and leaves; and vary only with the variations produced in these elements and forces by the sun?are unaffected by t... If You Enjoy "The Principles of Biology (V. 1) (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:
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