...thick fog of error and ignorance ? we might almost suppose he thinks so, by the following words : ' when we no longer look at an organic being as a savage...ship, as at something wholly beyond his comprehension, how far more interesting — I speak from experience — will the study of Natural History become'...

...will the study of Natural History become' (521). What then ! do naturalists and anatomists of repute look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship ? can they not explain a large portion of the design of that organization, though they be not adherents...

...will the study of Natural History become ' (521). What then ! do naturalists and anatomists of repute look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship ? can they not explain a large portion of the design of that organization, though they be not adherents...

...is inude to assist in solving the great question of Whence and Whither. As Mr. Darwin writes : — ' When we no longer look at an organic being as a savage...contemplate every complex structure and instinct as the summing-up of many contrivances, each useful to the possessor, nearly in the same way as when we look...

...rudimentary and abortive qrgana, &c,, will cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification. When we no longer look at an organic being as a savage...contemplate every complex structure and instinct as the primming up of many contrivances, each useful to the possessor, nearly in the same way as when we look...

...and aborted organs, &c., will cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification. When wo no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond hia comprehension ; when we regard every production of nature as one which...

...cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signitieation ? " Do we not indeed begin to feel that " we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension? And when we regard every production of nature as one which...

...cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification?" Do we not indeed begin to feel that "we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension ; and when we regard every production of nature as one which...

...cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification ? " Do we not indeed begin to feel that "we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension ; and when we regard every production of nature as one which...

...every production of nature as one which has had a long history, when we contemplate every complete structure and instinct as the summing up of many contrivances, each useful to the possessor, in the same way as any great mechanical invention is the summing up of the labour, the experience,...