5. We must therefore consider wherein an oak differs from a mass of matter, and that seems to me to be in this, that the one is only the cohesion of particles of matter any how united, the other such a disposition of them as constitutes the parts of an oak; and such an organization of those parts as is fit to receive and distribute nourishment, so as to continue and frame the wood, bark, and leaves, &c., of an oak, in which consists the vegetable life.
5. Horrela, bada, aztertu behar dugu haritz bat zertan bereizten den materiazko masa batetik, eta nik uste dut honexetan bereizten dela, alegia, hau nolabait baturiko materiazko partikulen kohesioa besterik ez den bitartean, hark haritzaren atalak eratzeko moduko partikulen antolaketa izatean, eta antolaketa hori, elikadura hartu eta banatzeko gai izanik, haritzaren zura, azala, horriak, etab., landare-bizitza izateko behar direnak, eratzeko egokia izatean.