Origin of Species Variorum

→ are subordinate to 1866

are included in, or subordinate to, 1859 1860 1861

in 1869

into 1872

→ united into one 1859 1860 1861 1866

in one great 1869

under one great 1872

→ OMIT 1866 1869 1872

in natural history 1859 1860 1861

→ natural subordination of all organic beings in 1866 1869

subordination of 1859 1860 1861

natural subordination of organic beings in 1872

→ groups in many 1866

many 1869 1872

→ in their classification to 1866

to 1869 1872

→ as we have seen, try 1866 1869 1872

try 1859 1860 1861

earlier period. And all these genera,

pescended

descended

from (A), form an order distinct from the genera descended from (I). So that we here have many species descended from a single progenitor grouped into genera; and the genera →are subordinate to sub-families, families, and orders, all →united into one

class.

great class.

The

Thus, the

grand fact →OMIT of the →natural subordination of all organic beings in

groups

group

under

groups,

group,

which, from its familiarity, does not always sufficiently strike us, is in my judgment

fully

thus

....

explained. No doubt organic beings, like all other objects, can be classed in →groups in many ways, either artificially by single characters or more naturally by a number of characters. We know, for instance, that minerals and the elemental substances can be thus

arranged.

arranged;

this case there is of course no relation →in their classification to genealogical succession, and no cause can

at present

....

be assigned for their falling into groups. But with organic beings the case is different, and the view above given

accords with

explains

their natural arrangement in group under group; and no other explanation has ever been attempted.

Naturalists

Naturalists,

→as we have seen, try to arrange the species, genera, and families in each class, on what is called the Natural System. But what is meant by this system? Some authors look at it merely as a scheme for arranging together those living objects which are most alike, and for separating those which are most unlike; or as an artificial

method of

means for

enunciating, as briefly as possible, general propositions,— that is, by one sentence to give the characters common, for instance, to all mammals, by another those common to all carnivora, by another those common to the dog-genus, and

then

then,

by adding a single sentence, a full description is given of each kind of dog. The ingenuity and utility of this system are indisputable. But many naturalists think