...and, summing up the conditions which all living things have in common, this writer infers from that analogy, ' that probably all the organic beings which...form, into ' which life was first breathed.' || By the latter scriptural phrase, it may be inferred that Mr. * Philosophic Zoologique, vol. ii. p. 463. f...

...reproduction. Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial...into which life was first breathed by the Creator." This bold conclusion would fly in the face ot Revelation, tradition, and the consciousness of our moral...

...degree which I require, few will be inclined to admit." 4. Mr. Darwin supposes that, " probably, all organic beings which have ever lived on this earth...primordial form, into which life was first breathed." " Form into which life was first breathed "? But that is a miracle ; a most stupendous miracle ; a...

...satisfies him that there is no resting-place here. He then makes the final plunge: "Therefore, I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings...have ever lived on this earth have descended from one primordial form, into which life was first breathed." (Page 419.) Here at last we find the germ...

...secreted by the gall-fly produces monstrous growths in the wild-rose or oak-tree. Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings...primordial form, into which life was first breathed." The facts which first suggested to the author this most sweeping inference from analogy, were the extraordinary...

...unlimited variation. " Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings th»t have ever lived on this earth have descended from...into which life was first breathed by the Creator." It is a theory which once more sets aside the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis, and...

...designating somewhat vague ideas of a community of composition, he adds this climax — " Therefore, I should infer from analogy that, probably, all the organic...primordial form, into which life was first breathed." * 86 Let me now proceed to the examination of Agassiz' further arguments. I pass over his caustic remarks...

...secreted by the gallfly produces monstrons growths on the wild rose or oak tree. Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings...ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primoritialform into which life teas first breathed." process is repealed : fresh firr"rTic«s appear,...

...protests that " analogy may be a deceitful guide," yet he follows its inexorable leading to the inference that " probably all the organic beings which have...primordial form, into which life was first breathed."* In the first extract we have the thin end of the wedge driven a little way; in the last, the wedge...

...vesicles, their cellular structure, and their laws of growth and reproduction. . . . Therefore I should infer, from analogy, that probably all the organic...into which life was first breathed by the Creator." Further on, he remarks, " In the distant future, . . . Psychology will be based on a new foundation,...