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glimpses of the water´world as our             present appliances afford us are full 

enough of pleasure�察�and we           will not envy Glaucus�此         �we will not even be 

over´anxious   for   the      success   of   his   only   modern   imitator�察  �the   French 

naturalist who is       reported to have fitted himself with a waterproof dress 

and       breathing      apparatus�察    �in   order    to   walk    the    bottom     of   the 

Mediterranean�察�and see for himself how the world goes on at the                        fifty´ 

fathom line�此      �we will be content with the wonders of the                shore and of 

the sea´floor�察 �as far   as the dredge   will discover them            to us。     We   shall 

even thus   find   enough to occupy  ��if we  choose��  our             lifetime。     For  we 

must recollect that this hasty sketch has hardly             touched on that vegetable 

water´world�察  �which   is   as   wonderful   and   as      various   as   the   animal   one。 

A hint or two of the beauty of the sea´ weeds has been given�察�but space has 

allowed   no   more。      Yet   we   might     have   spent   our   time   with   almost   as 

much interest and profit�察�had we            neglected utterly the animals which we 



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have   found�察  �and   devoted   our     attention   exclusively   to   the   flora   of   the 

rocks。    Sea´weeds are no         mere playthings for children�察�and to buy at a 

shop     some    thirty   pretty    kinds�察   �pasted   on   paper�察   �with   long   names 

��probably mis´spelt��        written under each�察�is not by any means to possess a 

collection of     them。     Putting aside the number and the obscurity of their 

species�察    �the questions which arise in studying their growth�察�reproduction�察�

and organic chemistry are of the very deepest and most important in                    the 

whole range of science�察�and it will need but a little study of              such a book 

as    Harvey's     ;Algae�察─    �to  show     the   wise    man    that   he   who      has 

comprehended ��which no man yet does�� the mystery of a single                     spore or 

tissue´cell�察�has reached depths in the great ;Science of              Life; at which an 

Owen would still confess himself ;blind by excess                of light。;    ;Knowest 

thou   how   the   bones   grow   in   the   womb�拭─  �asks   the   Jewish   sage�察  �sadly�察�

half self´reprovingly�察�as he discovers that man             is not the measure of all 

things�察�and that in much learning may be               vanity and vexation of spirit�察�

and in much study a weariness of the              flesh�察�and all our deeper physical 

science     only   brings   the   same    question     more    awfully    near。    ;Vilior 

alg*�察─   �more    worthless    than   the  very   sea´weed�察     �says   the  old  Roman�此�

and   yet   no   torn  scrap   of  that   very   sea´weed�察  �which      to´morrow      may 

manure the nearest garden�察�but           says to us�察 �Proud man� �talking of spores 

and   vesicles�察  �if   thou  darest   for   a   moment   to   fancy   that   to   have   seen 

spores and vesicles        is to have   seen me�察�or to know what I am�察 �answer 

this。   Knowest       thou  how  the bones do   grow in   the  womb�拭           �Knowest 

thou even how one          of these tiny black dots�察�which thou callest spores�察�

grow on my        fronds�拭─    �And to that question what answer shall we make�拭�

We   see    tissues   divide�察  �cells   develop�察  �processes   go   on   ´   but   How   and 

Why�拭       �These are but phenomena�察�but what are phenomena save effects�拭�

Causes�察�it may be�察�of other effects�察�but still effects of other           causes。     And 

why     does   the   cause    cause   that  effect�拭   �Why      should    it  not    cause 

something      else�拭   �Why     should    it  cause  anything     at  all�拭   �Because     it 

obeys a law。      But why does it obey the law�拭�and how does                  it obey the 

law�拭    �And�察�after all�察�what is a law�拭         �A mere custom of          Nature。     We 

see the same phenomenon happen a great many times�察�and                    we infer from 

thence that it has a custom of happening�察�and              therefore we call it a law�此�



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but we have not seen the law�察�all we              have seen is the phenomenon which 

we   suppose   to   indicate   the   law。        We   have   seen   things   fall�此   �but   we 

never   saw   a   little   flying   thing   pulling   them   down�察  �with   ;gravitation; 

labelled on its back�察�and the           question�察�why things fall�察�and HOW�察�is just 

where   it   was   before     Newton   was   born�察  �and   is   likely   to   remain   there。 

All we can say is�察        �that Nature has her customs�察�and that other customs 

ensue�察�when        those customs appear�此          �but that as to what connects cause 

and     effect�察   �as   to  what    is  the   reason�察   �the   final   cause�察  �or   even    the 

CAUSA CAUSANS�察�of any phenomenon�察�we know not more but less than 

ever�察    �for    those     laws     or   customs       which      seem     to   us    simplest 

�─�endosmose�察─         �for   instance�察    �or    ;gravitation;���察     �are   just    the    most 

inexplicable�察       �logically     unexpected�察       �seemingly        arbitrary�察    �certainly 

supernatural ´ miraculous�察�if you will�察�for no natural and physical                      cause 

whatsoever can be assigned for them�察�while if anyone shall                     argue against 

their being miraculous and supernatural on the ground                     of their being so 

common�察�I can only answer�察�that of all absurd and                     illogical arguments�察�

this   is  the   most    so。   For    what    has   the  number      of    times   which     the 

miracle   occurs   to   do   with   the   question�察  �save   to     increase   the   wonder�拭�

Which      is  more    strange�察   �that  an   inexplicable      and    unfathomable       thing 

should   occur   once   and   for   all�察  �or   that   it should   occur   a   million   times 

every day all the world over�拭�

     Let those�察�however�察�who are too proud to wonder�察�do as seems good 

to them。      Their want of wonder will not help them toward the                     required 

explanation�此       �and    to  them�察   �as   to  us�察  �as  soon    as  we    begin     asking�察�

;HOW�拭─  �and         ;WHY�拭─      �the  mighty   Mother       will   only   reply   with    that 

magnificent   smile   of   hers�察  �most   genial�察  �but   most   silent�察  �which      she   has 

worn   since   the   foundation   of   all   worlds�察  �that   silent   smile      which   has 

tempted many a man to suspect her of irony�察�even of                   decei
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