Comparison with 1861 |
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have been have been 1859 1860 1861 1866 | are 1869 1872 |
collected from many places; and in the case of
fossil species this
could could 1859 1860 1861 1866 | can 1869 1872 |
rarely be effected by palæontologists. We shall, perhaps, best perceive the improbability of our being enabled to connect species by numerous,
fine, intermediate,
fossil links, by asking CHAP. IX. GEOLOGICAL RECORD.
our-selves our-selves 1861 1866 | ourselves 1859 1860 1869 1872 |
whether, for instance, geologists at some future period will be able to prove,
that our different breeds of cattle, sheep, horses, and dogs
have have 1859 1860 1861 1866 | are 1869 1872 |
descended from a single stock or from several aboriginal stocks; or, again, whether certain sea-shells inhabiting the shores of North America, which are ranked by some conchologists as distinct species from their European representatives, and by other conchologists as only
varieties, are really varieties
or are, as it is called, specifically distinct. This could be effected only by the future geologist
discovering in a fossil state numerous intermediate gradations;
and such success seems to me
improbable in the highest degree. |
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It has been asserted over and over again, by writers who believe in the immutability of species, that geology
has has 1861 | has 1866 1869 1872 |
yielded yielded 1861 | yields 1866 1869 1872 |
no linking forms. This assertion
is entirely
erroneous. As
Mr. Mr. 1861 | Sir J. 1866 1869 1872 |
Lubbock has
recently recently 1861 | recently 1866 1869 1872 |
remarked,
"Every "Every 1861 | "Every 1866 1869 1872 |
species is a link between other allied
forms." We clearly see this if forms." We clearly see this if 1861 |
forms." We clearly see this if 1866 1869 |
forms." If 1872 |
we take a genus having a score of recent and extinct species
and destroy four-fifths of them;
for in this case
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
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
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are are 1869 1872 | have been 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
collected from many places; and
in the case of in the case of 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
with 1872 |
fossil species this
can can 1869 1872 | could 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
rarely be
effected by palæontologists. effected by palæontologists. 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
done. 1872 |
We shall, perhaps, best perceive the improbability of our being enabled to connect species by
numerous numerous 1861 1866 1869 | numerous, 1859 1860 1872 |
fine,
intermediate intermediate 1861 1866 1869 | intermediate, 1859 1860 1872 |
fossil links, by asking
...OMIT 1860 1861 1866 1869 1872 |
CHAP. IX. GEOLOGICAL RECORD. 1859 |
ourselves ourselves 1859 1860 1869 1872 | our-selves 1861 1866 |
whether, for instance, geologists at some future period will be able to
prove prove 1861 1866 1869 1872 | prove, 1859 1860 |
that our different breeds of cattle, sheep, horses, and dogs
are are 1869 1872 | have 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
descended from a single stock or from several aboriginal stocks; or, again, whether certain sea-shells inhabiting the shores of North America, which are ranked by some conchologists as distinct species from their European representatives, and by other conchologists as
only only 1859 1860 1861 1869 1872 |
distinct species from their European representatives, and by other conchologists as only 1866 |
varieties, are really
varieties, varieties, 1861 1866 1869 1872 | varieties 1859 1860 |
or are, as it is called, specifically distinct. This could be effected
only by the future geologist only by the future geologist 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
by the future geologist only by his 1872 |
discovering in a fossil state numerous intermediate
gradations; gradations; 1859 1860 1861 1869 1872 | gra- dations; 1866 |
and such success
is is 1861 1866 1869 1872 |
seems to me 1859 1860 |
improbable in the highest degree. |
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It has been asserted over and over again, by writers who believe in the immutability of species, that geology
....... 1866 1869 1872 | has 1861 |
yields yields 1866 1869 1872 | yielded 1861 |
no linking forms. This
assertion assertion 1861 1866 1869 | assertion, 1872 |
is entirely is entirely 1861 1866 1869 |
as we shall see in the next chapter, is certainly 1872 |
erroneous. As
Sir J. Sir J. 1866 1869 1872 | Mr. 1861 |
Lubbock has
....... 1866 1869 1872 | recently 1861 |
remarked,
"Every "Every 1866 1869 1872 | "Every 1861 |
species is a link between other allied
forms." We clearly see this if forms." We clearly see this if 1866 1869 |
forms." We clearly see this if 1861 |
forms." If 1872 |
we take a genus having 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
....... 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
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
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