germ cell, n.All

Germ cell (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠sexual reproduction are themselves only repetitions of the beginnings of organic life.

A Germ cell (n.) wins ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for living substance a potential immortality — which may mean no more than a lengthening of the road to death.

Germ cell (n.) carry ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the instinct for reuniting in its most highly concentrated form — the last refuge of splintered fragments of living substance trying to become whole.

Germ cell (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠narcissists: they keep their libido for themselves, paying none out, as a reserve for their later momentous constructive work.