. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. 24 Life and Love. higher Hfe develops into love, is necessary to its perpetuation. From a tiny spore these green filaments have formed, quickly absorbing light and heat, and in a short time reaching prodigious growth; then comes a time when the future urgently appeals to them; each cell feels a strange, irresistible attrac- tion to its neighbor cell, and the filaments lying side by side are drawn together by this new mag- netism, this incipient love force, irresistibly com- pelling two to become one. Quietly they have hitherto rested, but now something i
. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. 24 Life and Love. higher Hfe develops into love, is necessary to its perpetuation. From a tiny spore these green filaments have formed, quickly absorbing light and heat, and in a short time reaching prodigious growth; then comes a time when the future urgently appeals to them; each cell feels a strange, irresistible attrac- tion to its neighbor cell, and the filaments lying side by side are drawn together by this new mag- netism, this incipient love force, irresistibly com- pelling two to become one. Quietly they have hitherto rested, but now something in each cell wakens; no longer is it content to be alone. The protoplasm in each cell yielding to this new impulse, collects together, concen- trating itself into one compact mass. And now notice how the cell-walls, feeling the desire of the liv- ing protoplasm within, reach â * ' out to each \ U I other! At last f -*(.' ⢠a ( ' '" O o o « they meet; they unite; all obstruction having given way, the protoplasm from one cell flows into that of the other, the two thus becoming one. Con- centrated into one compact spore they are saved from death, they go on in 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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