[ 33 ] substance and for the most port peculiar lo ii. Proteid. which consists of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, is present in all proloplasm, is the most complex of all organic bodies and, so for, is known only from Organic bodies. 非 # نتيجة 誉 We attain, therefore, our first generalized descripHion of life as the property or peculiar quality of a substance composed of none but the more common elements, but of these elements grouped in various ways lo form compounds ranging from proteids, the most complex of known substances, to the simplest salis విడి విడి 苏 వసి Life is not a surn ol ihe qualities of lhe chemical elements contained in proloplasm, bui a function first of the peculiar architecture of the mixture, and then of the high complexity of the compounds contained in the mixture. The qualities of water are no surn of ihe qualities of oxygen and hydrogen, and sill less can we expect to explain the qualities of life without regard to the iminense complexity of the living substance." VI The following occurs in the Book of Knowledge edited by Mr. Mee. “Life was born in the ocean, and the ocean now holds and supports by far ihe greater number
