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As for the actual substance of the coats of the stomach, intestine, and uterus, each of these has been rendered what it is by a special alterative faculty of Nature; while the bringing of these together,Lit. snythesis. the therewith of the structures which are inserted into them, the outgrowth into the intestine,By this is meant the duodenum, considered as an outgrowth or prolongation of the stomach towards the intestines. the shape of the inner cavities, and the like, have all been determined by a faculty which we call the shaping or formative facultycf. p. 19, note 2.; this faculty we also state to be artistic — nay, the best and highest art — doing everything for some purpose, so that there is nothing ineffective or superfluous, or capable of being better disposed. This, however, I shall demonstrate in my work On the Use of Parts.
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