Organism Quotes

Whether this vast homogeneous expanse of isotropic matter is fitted not only to be a medium of physical interaction between distant bodies, and to fulfil other physical functions of which perhaps we have as yet no conception, but also to constitute the material organism of beings exercising functions of life and mind as high or higher than ours are at present is a question far transcending the limits of physical speculation.

Variation under Domestication,' there are two factors: namely, the nature of the organism, and the nature of the conditions.

Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which conscious efforts can exercise little effect.