...of naturalists, the majority of whom, in showing how the innumerable species inhabiting this globe have been modified, so as to acquire that perfection of structure and adaptation to their own particular locality, attribute mainly the external conditions, such as food,...

...distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended,...Nevertheless such a conclusion, even if well founded, would he unsatisfactory, until it could be shown how the innumerable species inhabiting this world have been...

...distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended,...so as to acquire that perfection of structure and coadaptution •which most justly excites our admiration. Naturalists continually refer to external...

...distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusionthat species had not been independently created, but had descended,...refer to external conditions, such as climate, food, &c., as the only possible cause of variation. In one very limited sense, as we shall hereafter see,...

...distribution, and geological succession might reasonably come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created but, had descended, like varieties from other species. But the conclusion would not be satisfactory till it could be shown how the different species were...

...have seen in progress. Mr. Darwin speaks of "the innumerable species inhabiting the world as having been modified so as to acquire that perfection of structure and coadaptation which most justly excites our admiration;" but he goes on to say, " Naturalists continually refer to external...

...might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had degcended, like varieties, from other species. Nevertheless such...that perfection of structure and coadaptation which most justly excites our admiration. Naturalists continually refer to external conditions, such as climate,...

...distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that species had not been independently created, but had descended,...refer to external conditions, such as climate, food, &c., as the only possible cause of variation. In one limited sense, as wo shall hereafter see, this...

...Man). Mr. Darwin's professed object in his " Origin of Species" was, p. 18, " to show that species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species." Had he limited his speculations to this narrow range, they would Lave been of comparatively little...

...distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended like varieties from other species; but such a conclusion, even if well founded, would be unsatisfactory, until it could be shown how the...