| → will apparently for ever be 1861 1866 |
| is 1869 1872 |
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| → under one important point of view 1861 1866 |
| OMIT 1869 1872 |
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| → the case of 1861 1866 |
| OMIT 1869 1872 |
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| → we must believe, 1866 1869 |
| we may believe, 1861 |
| by the indigenes, we must believe, that 1872 |
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| → in the course of time 1866 1869 |
| that in the course of time 1861 |
| OMIT 1872 |
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| → become 1861 1866 1869 |
| in the course of time become 1872 |
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| → the progress of this displacement in New Zealand, and from 1866 |
| what we see now occurring in New Zealand, and from 1861 |
| the fact that 1872 |
| OMIT 1869 |
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| → well doubt, 1866 |
| doubt, 1861 |
| well doubt whether, 1869 1872 |
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| → may be said to be higher 1861 1866 |
| stand much higher in the scale 1869 1872 |
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| → insists 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
| and several other highly competent judges insist 1869 1872 |
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we knew that at some former period only ten thousand kinds
existed, we ought to look at this increase in number
the highest class, which implies a great displacement of lower forms, as a decided advance in the organisation of the
We
thus see how hopelessly difficult it
→will apparently for ever be
to compare with perfect fairness, under such extremely complex relations, the standard of organisation of the imperfectly-known faunas of successive
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| We shall appreciate
→under one important point of view
this difficulty
more clearly, by looking to
→the case of
certain existing faunas and floras. From the extraordinary manner in which European productions have recently spread over New Zealand, and have seized on places which must have been previously
→we must believe,
all the animals and plants of Great Britain were set free in New Zealand,
→in the course of time
a multitude of British forms would
→become
thoroughly
there, and would exterminate many of the natives. On the other hand, from
→the progress of this displacement in New Zealand, and from
hardly a single inhabitant of the southern hemisphere
become wild in any part of Europe, we may
→well doubt,
if all the productions of New Zealand were set free in Great Britain,
any considerable number would be enabled to seize on places now occupied by our native plants and animals. Under this point of view, the productions of Great Britain
→may be said to be higher
than those of New Zealand. Yet the most skilful
from an examination of the species of the two
could not have foreseen this result. |
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| Agassiz
→insists
that ancient animals resemble to a certain extent the embryos of recent animals
the
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