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organic 1. of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of living plants and animals 2. of or relating to animal or plant constituents or products having a carbon basis 3. of or relating to one or more organs of an animal or plant 4. of, relating to, or belonging to the class of chemical compounds that are formed from carbon 5. of or relating to the essential constitutional laws regulating the government of a state How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of organic beings, on their embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference, is not an organic part of the whole. In nature every species of organic being instinctively adopts and practises those acts which most conduce to the prevalence or supremacy of its kind. |
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