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intermediate linking forms have not been discovered; 1859 1860 1861 1866
they cannot be closely connected; 1869 1872

is quite indefinite. 1859 1860 1861 1866
cannot be defined. 1869 1872

has been independently created. 1859 1860 1861 1866
are independent creations. 1869 1872

which 1859 1860
within each class which 1861 1866 1869 1872

vary most; 1859 1860 1861
yield the greatest number of va- rieties; 1866
yield the greatest number of varieties; 1869 1872

difference
difference,
for two forms, if differing very little, are generally ranked as varieties, notwithstanding that intermediate linking forms have not been discovered; but the amount of difference considered necessary to give to
any two
two
forms the rank of species is quite indefinite. In genera having more than the average number of species in any country, the species of these genera have more than the average number of varieties. In large genera the species are apt to be closely, but
unequally
unequally,
allied together, forming little clusters round
other
certain
other species.
species.
Species very closely allied to other species apparently have restricted ranges. In all these
several
several
respects the species of large genera present a strong analogy with varieties. And we can clearly understand these analogies, if species
have
have
once existed
as,
as
varieties, and
have
have
thus
originated;
originated:
whereas, these analogies are utterly inexplicable if
each
each
species has been independently created.
We have, also, seen that it is the most flourishing
or
and
dominant species of the larger genera which on an average vary most; and varieties, as we shall hereafter see, tend to become converted into new and distinct species.
Thus the
The
larger genera
thus
thus
tend to become larger; and throughout nature the forms of life which are now dominant tend to become still more dominant by leaving many modified and dominant descendants. But by steps hereafter to be explained, the larger genera also tend to break up into smaller genera. And thus, the forms of life throughout the universe become divided into groups subordinate to groups.