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nature 1. all natural phenomena and plant and animal life, as distinct from man and his creations 2. Biology the complement of genetic material that partly determines the structure of an organism; genotype
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Again, those species which are distinguished one from another and opposed one to another within the same genus are said to be 'simultaneous' in nature. Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant, and the limits of nature give power to but one at a time. In its subtlest operations, further, Imagination penetrates below the surface and comprehends and brings to light the deeper forces and facts--the real controlling instincts of characters, the real motives for actions, and the relations of material things to those of the spiritual world and of Man to Nature and God. |
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