Origin of Species Variorum

→ very ancient language had altered 1859 1860 1861 1866

ancient languages had altered very 1869 1872

→ (owing 1859 1860 1861 1866

had altered much owing 1869 1872

→ from a common stock) had altered much, 1866

from a common race) had altered much, 1859 1860 1861

races, 1869 1872

→ species, with 1859 1860 1861 1866

the species, with the 1869 1872

→ varieties; and with our domestic productions, 1859 1860 1861 1866

the varieties; and in some cases, as with domestic pigeons, 1869

the varieties; and in some cases, as with the domestic pigeon, with 1872

like a

pedigree:

pedigree;

but the

amount

degrees

of modification which the different groups have

undergone

undergone,

has

have

to be expressed by ranking them under different so-called genera, sub-families, families, sections, orders, and classes.

It may be worth while to illustrate this view of classification, by taking the case of languages. If we possessed a perfect pedigree of mankind, a genealogical arrangement of the races of man would afford the best classification of the various languages now spoken throughout the world; and if all extinct languages, and all intermediate and slowly changing dialects,

were

had

to be included, such an arrangement

would,

would

I think,

....

be the only possible one. Yet it might be that some →very ancient language had altered

little

little,

and had given rise to few new languages, whilst others →(owing to the

spreading,