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ORGANIC EVOLUTION—PHYSICAL
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Every kind of cell performs one function specially well and the others not so well, or not at all. The result of this cell-specialization and differentiation is, like the results of increased specialization and differentiation in the labours of civilized men, increased efficiency of the organism as a whole, and the result of the increased efficiency is, of course, an increased average rate of survival.