L. What is he for?

S. To-to-furnish food for microbes.

L. Manifestly. A child could see it. Now then, with this common-sense

light to aid your perceptions, what are the air, the land, and the ocean

for?

S. To furnish food for man so that he may nourish, support, and multiply

and replenish the microbes.

L. Manifestly. Does one build a boarding-house for the sake of the

boarding-house itself or for the sake of the boarders?

S. Certainly for the sake of the boarders.

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