The Unity of Law - As Exhibited in the Relations of Physical, Social, Mental and Moral Science

...the trees which adorn our parks; the cotton-plant which furnishes the material of our clothing; or the shrub from which we derive our fruits.

Throughout the non-living original: inorganic world, the ways that force shows itself original: manifestations of force are quite limited, even though that power is immense in whatever form it appears. However, when this force enters living original: organized forms, it finds that they are all built in a way that allows for an almost infinite variety of expression. This variety is visible in both the plant and animal kingdoms, ranging from the lowly bramble to ink smudge the oak, and from the sea squirt original: ascidian; a simple marine animal to the horse, the dog, and the remarkably intelligent original: almost-speaking elephant.

Up to this point, differences have only been between whole groups or species; individual members of a species are usually just reproductions of one another. When humans enter the scene, however, we find that individual differences are almost as numerous as human faces original: countenance. Hardly any two members of the human family are exactly alike in their ability to absorb and transform the energy The author uses "force" to refer to the vital energy or productive power found in nature and people that is always available for use. In one person, the power of absorption is of a nature that fits them for practicing law, while others nearby have talents that suit them for becoming farmers, merchants, physicians, chemists, traders, and so on through the thousands of other pursuits in life.

It is in variety that true unity is found. The more each person is enabled to absorb and use the energy supplied to them, the greater the tendency toward that social connection original: association without which the being known as MAN could not exist at all.

Looking now at early humans, as they are revealed to us by geologists, we see that they were almost completely powerless against the wonderful forces in whose presence they were placed. Following human history from that point forward, we find them gradually gaining the power to direct those forces, until finally, they are able to master original: compel light and heat,