THE ASYMMETRY OF THE CYCLE CF LIFE 165
Were
it to-day a new scientific discovery that “ two and two make four,” its truth
would be challenged !) But by such negations the fundamental truths of the
science of stereo-chemistry are also impugned, as well as the asymmetrical
carbon atom. In short, when the efficacy of the enzyme treatment of cancer is
questioned or denied, the constitution of the visible universe is condemned.
“Sooner
or later a conviction may dawn upon investigators that the laws governing
animal development lie deep, and that to discover them we must also take wider
and more comprehensive views of our problems. Moreover, it should not be
forgotten that little things, like a few stray ganglion cells, may hide an
all-important story, and that here, as elsewhere, in the apparent exception
itself the key to the mystery often lies concealed.”