...Principles of Biology. In Part I., Chap. IV. of that work, the proximate idea we arrived at was that Life is " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive." In the next chapter it was shown that to develop this proximate idea into a complete idea, it is needful...

...continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations ; " or more at length, but less simply : " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." Now if Mr. Spencer only means by this to indicate, that which all forms of what is ordinarily termed...

...influence exerted by surrounding matter and force. Stated more fully, his conception of life becomes — ( The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence -with external coexistences and sequences." And how extremely important this notion of reciprocal action is, has been most happily dwelt upon by...

...influence exerted by surrounding matter and force. Stated more fully, his conception of life becomes — ' The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence ,w\th external coexistences and sequences' And how extremely important this notion of reciprocal action...

...our conception of Life. Adding this all-important chara'cteristic, our conception of Life becomes — The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence Kith external co-existences and sequences. That the full significance of this addition may be seen,...

...influence exerted by surrounding matter and force. Stated more fully, his conception of life becomes — ' The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence laith external coexistences and sequences? And how extremely important this notion of reciprocal action...

...qualifications of this statement, they cannot be such as to diminish its general truth. Life being the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences, the two great divisions of life must ever be distinguished as, the one a correspondence that is both simultaneous...

...Principles of Biology. In Part I., Chap. IV. of that work, the proximate idea wo arrived at was that Life is " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive." In the next chapter it was shown that to develop this proxi. mate idea into a complete idea, it is needful...

...Principles of Biology. In Part I., Chap. IV. of that work, the proximate idea wo arrived at was that Life is " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive." In the next chapter it was shown that to develop this proximate idea into a complete idea, it is needful...

...in the environment.1 Out of the host of illustrations by which 1 The full definition runs thus: — "Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." This is incomparably the most profound and complete definition of Life that has ever been framed ;...