[34] This description is largely an expansion of Driesch’s “Analytical definition of the individual living organism.” The reader should note also that it includes the Bergsonian idea of duration, and that of the organism as a typical phase in an evolutionary flux, as parts of the description.
[35] It must be understood that some of the things dealt with in these appendices are very hard to understand by the reader acquainted only with the results of biological science. We urge, however, that they are all relevant if biological results are to be employed speculatively.
[36] If the reader does not understand this, he should read Whitehead’s “Introduction to Mathematics.” He should read this book in any case.
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Spelling corrections:
animo-acids → amino-acids
animo-substances → amino-substances
differen tkinds → different kinds
algae → algæ
organsim → organism (x2)
diffusbility → diffusibility
marjoity → majority
hythothesis → hypothesis
execretory → excretory
conconsidered → considered
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