Earwax in the cross-kingdom argument

Meaning

Earwax is one of the humble animal materials used in the narrator’s examples against rigid separation of the kingdoms. The claim attached to it concerns an increase in the weight of coins. The supplied edition rightly distinguishes such a claimed change in weight from proof that a metal has been transmuted. The material’s lowly bodily origin also accords with the larger pattern of significant powers being overlooked in despised things.