. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. 38 Life and Love. I V. FISH LIFE. N the ascidian and other low forms of life the CE^gs and sperm-cells are dropped into the water to float about and find \ \ \ each other as best they may. ^'jj The mysterious attraction of one sex for the other is felt by these atoms alone. The full-grown par- ents from which they spring live in cold indifference to this inter- change of life ; they have noth- ing to do with love, except the supplying of these love-seeds, that, moving about in the water, seek each other. But higher in the scale of life, where the two sex
. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. 38 Life and Love. I V. FISH LIFE. N the ascidian and other low forms of life the CE^gs and sperm-cells are dropped into the water to float about and find \ \ \ each other as best they may. ^'jj The mysterious attraction of one sex for the other is felt by these atoms alone. The full-grown par- ents from which they spring live in cold indifference to this inter- change of life ; they have noth- ing to do with love, except the supplying of these love-seeds, that, moving about in the water, seek each other. But higher in the scale of life, where the two sexes are sepa- rate, the attraction felt by egg- cell and sperm-cell is reflected in the parents themselves, and there comes into existence that powerful and subtle force known as sex instinct. Darting about among the asci- dians and the jelly-fishes, for. 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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