Origin of Species Variorum

→ OMIT 1869 1872

organisms low in the scale 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ the lower organisms 1869 1872

generally 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ the 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

that of the 1872

→ almost all lowly organised 1869

many low 1859 1860 1861 1866

most lowly organised 1872

→ OMIT 1869 1872

is apt to 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ lower 1869 1872

low and slowly-changing 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ generally related 1869 1872

related (with the exceptions before specified) 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ which live on 1869 1872

on 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ lands,— the striking relationship between the inhabitants of islands and those 1869 1872

lands, though these stations are so different— the very close relation 1859

lands, though these stations are so different,— the very close relation 1860 1861 1866

→ nearest mainland— the still closer relationship 1869 1872

distinct species which inhabit the islets 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ distinct inhabitants 1869 1872

same archipelago,— and especially the striking relation 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ islands in the same archipelago— are inexplicable on the ordinary view 1869 1872

inhabitants of each whole archipelago or island to those 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ OMIT 1869 1872

nearest mainland,— are, I think, utterly inexplicable on the ordinary view of the 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ if we admit 1869 1872

on the view of 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ OMIT 1869 1872

modification and better 1859 1860 1861 1866

→ probably occurred,— 1869 1872

occurred within the same period; 1859 1860 1861 1866

→OMIT within each great

class,

class

→the lower organisms change at a slower rate than the

higher

higher;

forms; and

forms;

....

consequently

the

they

lower forms

....

will have had a better chance of ranging widely and of still retaining the same specific character. This fact, together with →the seeds and eggs of →almost all lowly organised forms being very minute and better fitted for distant

transportation,

transportal,

probably accounts for a law which has long been observed, and which has lately been

admirably

....

discussed by Alph. de Candolle in regard to plants, namely, that the lower any group of organisms

is,

stands,

the more widely it →OMIT

range.

ranges.

The relations just discussed,— namely, →lower organisms ranging more widely than the

high,—

higher,—

some of the species of widely-ranging genera themselves ranging widely,— such facts, as alpine, lacustrine, and marsh productions being →generally related to those →which live on the surrounding low lands and dry →lands,— the striking relationship between the inhabitants of islands and those of the →nearest mainland— the still closer relationship of the →distinct inhabitants of the →islands in the same archipelago— are inexplicable on the ordinary view of the →OMIT independent creation of each species, but are explicable →if we admit colonisation from the nearest

and

readiest source, together with the subsequent →OMIT adaptation of the colonists to their new homes.

Summary