From this time is to be dated the existence of a new and most important agent in the terrestrial phenomena, called steam.

Vegetation now began to appear, as the earth received warmth from within--" "Pray, sir, may I ask in what manner all the animals existed previously ?" "By feeding on each other.

The strong devoured the weak, until the most diminutive of the animalcula were reached, when these turned on their persecutors, and profiting by their insignificance, commenced devouring the strongest.

You find daily parallels to this phenomenon in the history of man.

He who by his energy and force has triumphed over his equals, is frequently the prey of the insignificant and vile.