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In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being

Nikola Tesla, David Hatcher Childress (2000). “The Tesla Papers”, p.27, Adventures Unlimited Press
In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being