Excerpt from Address of the Honourable Dr. Rolph: Delivered Before the Faculty and Students of Medicine, of the University of Victoria College, Toronto, 1854-5
Respiration, obviously necessary for man and other animals, is not less so for vegetables. The organs adapted to their function vary throughout nature but they are always suited to the being on which they are bestowed, and are directed to the fulfilment of a common purpose.
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