Does all of nature operate in balance and harmony?
All of earth, as well as its inhabitants, is composed of what is commonly called the balance of nature. The first principle of plant, animal, and human survival is the law of adaptation. Plants, animals, even humans, must find environmental surroundings with which they can cope; or failing to do so, cease to exist, to propagate, and perpetuate their species. From the lowest order of plant life to the great order of man, there are in constant operation the processes of adaptation, succession, multiplication, and control of the physical forces of nature. Why does upsetting the natural balance result in catastrophe? Whenever any condition of imbalance occurs, immediately all other living organisms in nature are likewise thrown out of balance and react and respond accordingly. Some go on and become advanced mutations, others die out, others change, or others control the circumstances of their environmental conditions. So great is the balance of nature, so delicately delineated that the abs
