Comparison with 1872 |
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a score of
species, recent and extinct, species, recent and extinct, 1872 |
recent and extinct species 1861 1866 1869 |
and destroy four-fifths of
them, them, 1872 | them; 1861 1866 1869 |
...OMIT 1872 |
for in this case 1861 1866 1869 |
no one
....... 1866 1869 1872 | will 1861 |
doubts doubts 1866 1869 1872 | doubt 1861 |
that the remainder will stand much more distinct from each other. If the extreme forms in the genus happen to have been thus destroyed, the genus itself
...OMIT 1872 |
in most cases 1861 1866 1869 |
will stand more distinct from other allied genera. ↑2 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1872; present in 1861 1866 1869 | The camel and the pig, or the horse and the tapir, are now obviously very distinct forms; but if we add the several fossil quadrupeds which have already been discovered to the families including the camel and pig, these forms become joined by links not extremely wide apart.
The chain of linking forms does not, however, in these cases, or in any case, run straight from the one living form to the other, but takes a circuitous sweep through the forms which lived during long past
ages.
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What geological research has not
revealed, revealed, 1869 1872 | revealed 1861 1866 |
is the former existence of infinitely numerous gradations, as fine as existing varieties, connecting
together nearly all existing and extinct together nearly all existing and extinct 1872 |
all known 1861 1866 |
nearly all our existing species with extinct 1869 |
species.
But But 1869 1872 | And 1861 1866 |
this
ought not to be expected; yet this has been repeatedly advanced as a most serious objection ought not to be expected; yet this has been repeatedly advanced as a most serious objection 1869 1872 |
not having been effected by geology is the most obvious of the many objections which may be urged 1861 1866 |
against my views. ↑1 blocks not present in 1861 1866 1869 1872; present in 1859 1860 | Geological research, though it has added numerous species to existing and extinct genera, and has made the intervals between some few groups less wide than they otherwise would have been, yet has done scarcely anything in breaking down the distinction between species, by connecting them together by numerous, fine, intermediate varieties; and this not having been effected, is probably the gravest and most obvious of all the many objections which may be urged against my views.
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It may It may 1869 1872 |
Hence it will 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
be worth while to sum up the foregoing
remarks,
under
an imaginary illustration. The Malay Archipelago is of
about the size of Europe from the North Cape to the Mediterranean, and from Britain to Russia; and therefore equals all the geological formations
which have been examined with any accuracy, excepting those of the United States of America. I fully agree with Mr. Godwin-Austen, that the present condition of the Malay Archipelago, with its numerous large islands separated by wide and shallow seas, probably represents the former state of Europe, when
most of our formations were accumulating. The Malay Archipelago is one of the richest regions
...OMIT 1872 |
of the whole world 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
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a score of
recent and extinct species recent and extinct species 1861 1866 1869 |
species, recent and extinct, 1872 |
and destroy four-fifths of
them; them; 1861 1866 1869 | them, 1872 |
for in this case for in this case 1861 1866 1869 |
OMIT 1872 |
no one
will will 1861 | will 1866 1869 1872 |
doubt doubt 1861 | doubts 1866 1869 1872 |
that the remainder will stand much more distinct from each other. If the extreme forms in the genus happen to have been thus destroyed, the genus itself
in most cases in most cases 1861 1866 1869 |
OMIT 1872 |
will stand more distinct from other allied genera. The camel and the pig, or the horse and the tapir, are now obviously very distinct forms; but if we add the several fossil quadrupeds which have already been discovered to the families including the camel and pig, these forms become joined by links not extremely wide apart. The chain of linking forms does not, however, in these cases, or in any case, run straight from the one living form to the other, but takes a circuitous sweep through the forms which lived during
long past long past 1861 | long-past 1866 1869 |
ages. What geological research has not
revealed revealed 1861 1866 | revealed, 1869 1872 |
is the former existence of infinitely numerous gradations, as fine as existing varieties, connecting
all known all known 1861 1866 |
nearly all our existing species with extinct 1869 |
together nearly all existing and extinct 1872 |
species.
And And 1861 1866 | But 1869 1872 |
this
not having been effected by geology is the most obvious of the many objections which may be urged not having been effected by geology is the most obvious of the many objections which may be urged 1861 1866 |
ought not to be expected; yet this has been repeatedly advanced as a most serious objection 1869 1872 |
against my views. ↑1 blocks not present in 1861 1866 1869 1872; present in 1859 1860 | Geological research, though it has added numerous species to existing and extinct genera, and has made the intervals between some few groups less wide than they otherwise would have been, yet has done scarcely anything in breaking down the distinction between species, by connecting them together by numerous, fine, intermediate varieties; and this not having been effected, is probably the gravest and most obvious of all the many objections which may be urged against my views.
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Hence it will Hence it will 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
It may 1869 1872 |
be worth while to sum up the
foregoing foregoing 1859 1860 1861 1869 1872 | fore-going 1866 |
remarks remarks 1861 1866 1869 1872 | remarks, 1859 1860 |
on the causes of the imperfection of the geological record under on the causes of the imperfection of the geological record under 1861 1866 1869 1872 |
under 1859 1860 |
an imaginary illustration. The Malay Archipelago is
....... 1861 1866 1869 1872 | of 1859 1860 |
about the size of Europe from the North Cape to the Mediterranean, and from Britain to Russia; and therefore equals all the geological
formations formations 1859 1860 1861 1869 1872 | forma- tions 1866 |
which have been examined with any accuracy, excepting those of the United States of America. I fully agree with Mr. Godwin-Austen, that the present condition of the Malay Archipelago, with its numerous large islands separated by wide and shallow seas, probably represents the former state of Europe,
whilst whilst 1860 1861 1866 1869 1872 | when 1859 |
most of our formations were accumulating. The Malay Archipelago is one of the richest regions
of the whole world of the whole world 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
OMIT 1872 |
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