rbed surface of a pond to settle back into hydrostatic
(gravitational) equilibrium; Etc.

<P>Although the concept of a goal in the realm of inanimate nature is momentarily
discountenanced, several fundamental questions are in fact begged by this
exclusion, and--certainly with revision--the concept may one day be be
resurrected. At the very least it may be decided that the <U>word</U> should
be redefined so that it can function in this more embracive way, since
dead matter can be observed to behave in ways t