A primer of evolution / by Edward Clodd.

  • Edward Clodd
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A primer of evolution / by Edward Clodd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART I.—DESCRIPTIVE. CHAPTER I. THE CONTENTS OF THE UNIVERSE. The Universe is made up of Matter and Motion. Or, to put this in other words, the Universe is made up of distinct particles which are never still, whether they compose things dead or living. The myriad par- ticles of which the sparkling diamond or a piece of rusty iron consist are swinging backwards and forwards among themselves in rhythmic measure, millions of times every second. As for living things, the old Norse myth that tells how Heimdal, having drunk of the well of wisdom, could hear the grass grow, holds, like many another ancient tale, some truth which the myth-maker saw dimly, and which science has made clear. For, were our ears sharp enough to catch the murmur of the currents whirling in the millions of cells which build up the green blades that cover the meadows, ‘ we should be stunned as with the roar of a great city/ Matter is the stuff or substance which occupies space. It is familiar to us in three states : solid, B
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