Whenever and wherever there is decomposition of organic matter, whether it be the case of an herb or an oak, of a worm or a whale, the work is exclusively done by infinitely small organisms. They are the important, almost the only, agents of universal... Report - Page 108by New Hampshire. State Department of Health - 1899Full view - About this book
| Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1899 - 1036 pages
...or the wild beasts of tho desert, the remains of all that had life ; they protect the living against the dead ; they do more: if there are still living beings, if, since the hundreds of centuries the wjrld has been inhabited, life continues, it is to them we owe it. In the course of a research on the... | |
| Royal Society of Queensland, Brisbane - 1898 - 600 pages
...wild beasts of the desert, the remains •of all that has had life ; they protect the living against the dead; they do more : if there are still living...inhabited, life continues, it is to them we owe it. Without them the surface of the earth would be covered with dead organic matter, the remains of plants... | |
| 1884 - 820 pages
...the wild beasts of the desert, the remains of all that has had life. They protect the living against the dead. They do more. If there are still Living...centuries the world has been inhabited, life continues to be equally easy and plentiful, it is to them that we owe it. A moment's reflection will be enough... | |
| 1884 - 798 pages
...the wild beasts of the desert, the remains of all that has had life. They protect the living against the dead. They do more. If there are still living...centuries the world has been inhabited, life continues to be equally easy and plentiful, it is to them that we owe it A moment's reflection will be enough... | |
| Sanitary Institute of Great Britain - 1886 - 518 pages
...were not thus cleared away, there would be no room left by this time on the earth for the living ; and if there are still living beings, if, since the hundreds of centuries during which the world has been inhabited, life continues to be equally easy and plentiful, it is to... | |
| Sanitary Institute of Great Britain - 1886 - 496 pages
...were not thus cleared away, there would be no room left by this time on the earth for the living ; and if there are still living beings, if, since the hundreds of centuries during which the world has been inhabited, life continues to be equally easy and plentiful, it is to... | |
| Sir German Sims Woodhead - 1891 - 490 pages
...wild beasts of. the desert, the remains of all that has had life ; they protect the living against the dead ; they do more : if there are still living...inhabited, life continues, it is to them we owe it." Without them the surface of the earth would be covered with dead organic matter, the remains of plant... | |
| Michigan. Department of Health - 1891 - 822 pages
...the wild beasts of the desert, the remains of all that has had life; they protect the living against the dead, they do more, if there are still living...centuries the world has been inhabited life continues, we owe it to them, without them the surface of the earth would be covered with dead organic matter,... | |
| 1894 - 464 pages
...hygiene, as they quickly clear away the remains of all that has had life. They protect the living against the dead. They do more. If there are still living...inhabited life continues, it is to them we owe it." Professor Leishman, of Glasgow. — We read in the M<;d. frens: "We regret to announce the death of... | |
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