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A Monster Meeting
IfIwereanaturalist,Iwouldtellhimthat,accordingtosomeillustriousmenofscience,naturehasfurnisheduswithinstancesupontheearthofanimalsexistingunderveryvaryingconditionsoflife;thatfishrespireinamediumfataltootheranimals;thatamphibiouscreaturespossessadoubleexistenceverydifficultofexplanation;thatcertaindenizensoftheseasmaintainlifeatenormousdepths,andtheresupportapressureequaltothatoffiftyorsixtyatmosphereswithoutbeingcrushed;thatseveralaquaticinsects,insensibletotemperature,aremetwithequallyamongboilingspringsandinthefrozenplainsofthePolarSea;infine,thatwecannothelprecognizinginnatureadiversityofmeansofoperationoftentimesincomprehensible,butnotthelessreal.IfIwereachemist,Iwouldtellhimthattheaerolites,bodiesevidentlyformedexteriorlyofourterrestrialglobe,have,uponanalysis,revealedindisputabletracesofcarbon,asubstancewhichowesitsoriginsolelytoorganizedbeings,andwhich,accordingtotheexperimentsofReichenbach,mustnecessarilyitselfhavebeenenduedwithanimation.Andlastly,wereIatheologian,IwouldtellhimthattheschemeoftheDivineRedemption,accordingtoSt.Paul,seemstobeapplicable,notmerelytotheearth,buttoallthecelestialworlds.
