The Breath of Life

The Breath of Life of a classic nature/biology essay by John Burroughs that includes the following content: The breath of life -- The living wave -- A wonderful world -- The baffling problem -- Scientific vitalism -- A bird of passage -- Life and mind -- Life and science -- The journeying atoms -- The vital order -- The arrival of the fit -- The naturalist's view of life. "The forces of life are constructive forces, and they are operative in a world of destructive or disintegrating forces which oppose them and which they overcome."