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More often than not, I have deeply been impressed with the fact that Nature holds in its lap, certain secrets that don't unless looked deep into. For example, there is scarcely, in this world, a commoner or a humbler thing than a tail, yet how multifarious is it in aspect, in construction, and in function. Some are of feathers, some of hair, and some bare and skinny; some long and some short, some stick up and some hang down; the uses that they serve cannot be numbered. In short, what is the true inwardness of a tail?
If we try to commence--as scientific method requires--with a definition, we stumble on a key which opens the door. For there is no of a tail; it is not, in its nature, anything at all. When an animal's fore-legs are fitted on to its backbone at the proper distance from the hind-legs, if any of the backbone remains over, we call it a tail. But it has no purpose; it is a mere surplus, which a tailor would have trimmed off. And, lo! In this very negativeness lies the whole secret of the multifarious positiveness of tails. For the absence of purpose is the chance of general usefulness. The ear must fulfill its purpose or fail entirely, for it can do nothing else. Eyes, nose and mouth, hands and feet, all have their duties; the tail is the .
If we try to commence--as scientific method requires--with a definition, we stumble on a key which opens the door. For there is no of a tail; it is not, in its nature, anything at all. When an animal's fore-legs are fitted on to its backbone at the proper distance from the hind-legs, if any of the backbone remains over, we call it a tail. But it has no purpose; it is a mere surplus, which a tailor would have trimmed off. And, lo! In this very negativeness lies the whole secret of the multifarious positiveness of tails. For the absence of purpose is the chance of general usefulness. The ear must fulfill its purpose or fail entirely, for it can do nothing else. Eyes, nose and mouth, hands and feet, all have their duties; the tail is the .
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