lead to the belief that
..| ..... 1866 1869 1872 | | formerly 1859 1860 1861 |
| formerly possessed 1866 1869 1872 | | had 1859 1860 1861 |
| ..... 1866 1869 1872 | | most of 1859 1860 1861 |
| now lost. 1866 1869 1872 |
| lost. The presence of luminous organs in a few insects, belonging to different families and orders, offers a parallel case of difficulty. 1859 1860 1861 |
| at 1869 1872 | | closer to 1866 |
| subject 1869 1872 | | subject, 1866 |
| more closely, we 1869 1872 |
| we 1866 |
| organs 1866 1869 | | organs, 1872 |
| body,—that 1866 1869 | | body,— 1872 |
| they 1866 1869 | | that they 1872 |
| excited—and 1869 | | excited,—and 1866 | | excited— and 1872 |
| the requisite nervous power 1866 1869 |
| being supplied with nerves proceeding from different sources, 1872 |
| being supplied through different nerves from widely different sources, and this is perhaps the most important of all the differences. 1869 |
| (and this is perhaps the most important of all the differences) being supplied through different nerves from widely different sources. 1866 |
| and this is perhaps the most important of all the differences. 1872 |
| remotely allied 1866 1869 | remotely allied 1872 |
| greater 1866 1869 | greater 1872 |
| disappears, 1866 1869 |
| of an organ, apparently the same, arising in several remotely allied species, disappears, 1872 |
| arisen and 1866 1869 | arisen and 1872 |
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group of fishes.
1869 |
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fish.
1866 |
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group of fishes.
1872 |
| 1 blocks not present in 1866 1869 1872; present in 1859 1860 1861 | | The presence of luminous organs in a few insects, belonging to different families and orders, offers a parallel case of difficulty.
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| families 1866 1869 | | families, 1872 |
| orders, and 1869 | | orders, but 1866 | orders, and 1872 |
| the body, 1869 1872 | | their bodies, 1866 |
| offer 1866 1869 | | offer, 1872 |
| a 1866 1869 |
| under our present state of ignorance, a 1872 |
| Other cases could be given; for instance in plants, the very curious contrivance of a mass of pollen-grains, borne on a foot-stalk with an adhesive gland, is apparently 1866 1869 |
| In all these cases of two very distinct species furnished with apparently 1859 1860 1861 |
| Other similar cases could be given; for instance in plants, the very curious contrivance of a mass of pollen-grains, borne on a foot-stalk with an adhesive gland, is apparently 1872 |
| in Orchis and Asclepias,—genera almost as remote as is possible amongst flowering plants. 1866 1869 |
| anomalous organ, it should be observed that, although the general appearance and function of the organ may be the same, yet some fundamental difference can generally be detected. 1859 1860 1861 |
| in Orchis and Asclepias,— genera almost as remote as is possible amongst flowering plants; but here again the parts are not homologous. 1872 |
| In all such cases of two species, far removed from each other in the scale of organisation, being furnished with similar anomalous organs, it should be observed that although the general appearance and function of the organ may be 1869 |
| I am inclined to believe that in nearly the same way as two men have sometimes independently hit on the very same invention, so natural selection, working for the good of each being and taking advantage of analogous variations, has sometimes modified in very nearly 1859 1860 1861 |
| In all these cases of two species, far removed from each other in the scale of organisation, being furnished with a similar anomalous organ, it should be observed that although the general appearance and function of the organ may be 1866 |
| In all cases of beings, far removed from each other in the scale of organisation, which are furnished with similar and peculiar organs, it will be found that although the general appearance and function of the organs may be 1872 |
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