Let us go on that basis." "I think so, too," he nodded; "but I wanted you to say it first.

And yet--is it so incredible, Goodwin?
What is the definition of vital intelligence--sentience?
"Haeckel's is the accepted one.

Anything which can receive a stimulus, that can react to a stimulus and retains memory of a stimulus must be called an intelligent, conscious entity.

The gap between what we have long called the organic and the inorganic is steadily decreasing.

Do you know of the remarkable experiments of Lillie upon various metals ?" "Vaguely," I said.
"Lillie," he went on, "proved that under the electric current and other exciting mediums metals exhibited practically every reaction of the human nerve and muscle.