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           )thatbothnatalityandmortality,aswellasallotherphenomenaofevolution,tidalmovements,lunarphases,bloodtemperatures,diseasesingeneral,everything,infine,innature’svastworkshopfromtheextinctionofsomeremotesuntotheblossomingofoneofthecountlessflowerswhichbeautifyourpublicparksissubjecttoalawofnumerationasyetunascertained.Stilltheplainstraightforwardquestionwhyachildofnormallyhealthyparentsandseeminglyahealthychildandproperlylookedaftersuccumbsunaccountablyinearlychildhood(thoughotherchildrenofthesamemarriagedonot)mustcertainly,inthepoet’swords,giveuspause.Nature,wemayrestassured,hasherowngoodandcogentreasonsforwhatevershedoesandinallprobabilitysuchdeathsareduetosomelawofanticipationbywhichorganismsinwhichmorbousgermshavetakenuptheirresidence(modernsciencehasconclusivelyshownthatonlytheplasmicsubstancecanbesaidtobeimmortal)tendtodisappearatanincreasinglyearlierstageofdevelopment,anarrangementwhich,thoughproductiveofpaintosomeofourfeelings(notablythematernal),isnevertheless,someofusthink,inthelongrunbeneficialtotheraceingeneralinsecuringtherebythesurvivalofthefittest.MrS.Dedalus’(Div.Scep.