. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. 26 Life and Love. IV. THE DIVISION OF LABOR. HEN the amoeba and certain other one- celled forms of life reproduce by simple division, we see the whole substance of ^M^'!^'i'T\/ 'â ^^ creature resolving into its offspring. When the amoeba becomes two, which of the two is parent, which is offspring? We cannot tell. In size they are the same, in structure the same, there is no childhood on the part of one, no paren- tal care on the part of the other. The amoeba, in multiplying, gives all ; its whole substance is involved in the change. So when, to further t
. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. 26 Life and Love. IV. THE DIVISION OF LABOR. HEN the amoeba and certain other one- celled forms of life reproduce by simple division, we see the whole substance of ^M^'!^'i'T\/ 'â ^^ creature resolving into its offspring. When the amoeba becomes two, which of the two is parent, which is offspring? We cannot tell. In size they are the same, in structure the same, there is no childhood on the part of one, no paren- tal care on the part of the other. The amoeba, in multiplying, gives all ; its whole substance is involved in the change. So when, to further the ends of reproduction, two single-celled be- ings unite, which is father, which mother? Again the question can- not be answered. Both parents are alike, except in this: in some wa\' different magnetisms appear to animate them ; although seeming to us alike, they apparently exert upon each other the powerful attractive force of opposite poles of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Company
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