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Excerpt from A Phase of the Alcohol Question for Young People Who Think
A. It is the same in vegetables as in animals the same physically and chemically. A bioplast is about 1 to 1 of an inch in diameter. It is the only substance known that inherently has the power to move itself. Every thing on the earth that is alive, owes this condition of life to the pres ence of these bioplasts in its tissues, and every part of an organism as bone, skin, cartilage, mus cles, nerves, that has vitality, is alive only because of the presence of this living bioplasm. The bioplast gets its nourishment from the food (pabu lum, in the circulating ?uid (blood, by a process known as endosmosis; a Greek word meaning I seek This food is drawn through the cell wall and assimilated by the bioplast and becomes a part of it.
Q. What becomes of the substance of the bio plast after it has served its purpose as living matter?
A. It is further hardened and takes its place in the cell wall, thereby keeping a zone of dead matter (formed material, around the bioplast.
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