"élan vital" meaning in English

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          "text": "Progress was a labyrinth. . . people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it. . . the invisible king—the élan vital—the principle of evolution. . .",
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          "text": "She turned astonished blue eyes towards Mr. Wimbush, then let them fall on to the seething mass of élan vital that fermented in the sty.",
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          "text": "Electricity! the force of the future—for everything, you know, including the élan vital itself, will soon be proven electrical in nature.",
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