...the author, which he urges is an unthinkable proposition. Life is explained by Mr. Herbert Spencer as " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences," — an elaborate description, but one which fails to convey anything but some of the effects of life,...

...illuminate the meaning of the general principle which we call Life. To say, therefore, that " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences," is to say that an organism is an instance of the adjustment of its internal activities to its external...

...certain eminent philosopher in England wil' say, whenever there shall be an England to say it in — ' is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences.' I have, fortunately, a few years of this before me yet; and I suppose I can permit my surroundings...

...its unnecessary complexity it accomplishes less than it purports to do. It is as follows : " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." Now if the terms employed in this definition are examined, it will be found that the equation which...

...of a double face of a somewhat? Herbert Spencer's definition of life came to my mind : " Life is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." All these definitions •violate the first principles of clear and definite thinking, and seem to have...

...subject is therefore resumed in Chapter V., in which we reach the following final form : — ". Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistenccs and sequences. Or the formula may be given in this simpler form : 8. Life is the continuous...

...inadequate to present an adequate conception of life, is the most satisfactory at present formulated : "A definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both...simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external co-existence and sequences." Principles of Biology. Vol. I., p. 74. f The Gtregarina, a species of...

...given by Mr. Herbert Spencer merits attention, and may as well be considered at this point. He defines life as " The definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." This has one recommendation at least, — it is a labored attempt to employ tertns sufficiently broad...

...our conception of life. Adding this all important characteristic, our conception of life becomes — the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences" l At much greater length in his Principles of Sociology, under the title of "Original External Factors,"...

...Everyone listened with roused attention, and Mr. Brownrigg continued. " You will all recall it at once ! ' The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences.' It is among the few decisions of modern thought which Graubosch has been able to accept intact; and...