...plants have descended from some one prototype." name of Darwin holds that all the animals of our globe "have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number;" * and moreover, that man has in this respect no pre-eminence above the beasts, but has descended in...

...with persistent obliviousness of Mr. Darwin's admission " that animals have descended from at most four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number; life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into...

...modification embraces all the members of the same great class or kingdom. I believe that animals are descended from at most only four or five progenitors,...namely, to the belief that all animals and plants am descended from some one prototype. Bnt analogy may be a deceitful guide. Kcverthcless all living...

...avowed as the accepted consequence of the adoption of his principle. I believe that all animals are descended from at most only four or five progenitors,...equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants are descended from some one prototype, but...

...every year of the fifteen which have elapsed — introduced such conclusions as the following : — " I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors " (Origin of Species, 1st edition, p. 484). " I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic...

...expounded by Mr. Darwin and others. Mr. Darwin's theory assumes that animals have descended, at most, from only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number ; but analogy would lead him farther, namely, to some one prototype. Accordingly, he infers that probably...

...these special questions of the Theory of Descent ; at the conclusion he only expresses his conjecture " that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or less number." But as these few aboriginal forms still show traces of relationship, and as the animal...

...with persistent obliviousness of Mr. Darwin's admission that " animals have descended from at most four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number ; life with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or...

...conclusion should be adopted : " I cannot doubt," he says, " that the theory of descent, with modifications, embraces all the members of the same class. I believe...equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype....

...resemble each other. Therefore I cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all members of the same class. I believe that animals...equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype....