Modern Review May 1908

But if the day should be particularly warm the sunlight bright and the specimen itself vigorous and well-fed then we shall find under the cumulative action of all these excesses of stimulus that the leaflets are in a constant state of rhythmic vibration which passes like ripples along the length of the leaf. [...] It is thus seen that the constant supply of food to the plant by which it is kept alive is maintained by the autonomous rhythmic activity of certain tissues ; while autonomousAUTOMATISM IN PLANT AND ANIMAL 383 rhythmic activity as e have seen is the result of the presence in the tissue of a supefluity of energy absorbed from its environment. [...] The lawyer says also that he does not think that the Court of Chancery would interfere having no power to do so so far as the will is concerned and not being able to make a ward of a person like myself who is over age and has the protection of the common law of the country. [...] Another class of Americans extends patronage to the newly arrived "Hindoo." To this type of people the Indian is the rpresentative of a nation living in the dark and dismal regions of "heathendom" The patronage bestowed upon the "East"-Indian as he is styled in America in contradistintion to "American"-Indians—is not unof ten mingled with pity." In many instances it is actuated by a relig [...] The Secretary as well as the Chairwoman of the organization being reticent in regard to his compensation on the evening of his lecture the speaker casually dropped a gentle hint to the Tresurer that he expected to be paid for his time and effort.