V.

Postulates.

The Creation of Matter—The Persistence of Species. [110]-112

VI.

Laws.

The Course of Nature a Circle—Illustrations—Scarlet Runner—Lady-fern— Hawkmoth—Plumularia—Cow—Universality of the Law—Creation an Irruption into a Circle—False Witness to Past Processes—Prochronism and Diachronism—Phenomena illusory—Recapitulation [113]-126

VII.

Parallels and Precedents.

(Plants.)