...explanation of this great fact in the classification of all organic beings; but, to the best of my judgment, it is explained through inheritance and the complex...represent existing species; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all...

...was misled by the concluding section of the chapter containing the diagram, in which Darwin states "The affinities of all the beings of the same class...may represent existing species; and those produced each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species" (129). But even here species...

...thanks to Jeri Helen for sculpting my words and polishing my manuscript. A COPIOUSLY BRANCHING BOOK The affinities of all the beings of the same class...have sometimes been represented by a great tree... As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides...

...diagram is a visual corollary of Darwin's evolutionary version of the "Tree of Life." "The aff1nities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree," Darwin writes, and "I believe this simile largely speaks the truth." But he gives this common taxonomic...

...At the center of Darwin's churchless conurbation, the "polity of nature," stands the Tree of Life: The affinities of all the beings of the same class...tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth. ... As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all...

..."science" for "life", is pertinent: the green and budding twigs may represent existing disciplines; and those produced during former years may represent the long succession of extinct disciplines. At each period of growth all the growing twigs have tried to branch out on all sides,...

...explanation of this great fact in the classification of all organic beings; but, to the best of my judgment, it is explained through inheritance and the complex...represent existing species; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all...

...selection might improve cultivated trees. Let us now listen directly to Darwin, Wallace, and Matthew. "The affinities of all the beings of the same class...represent existing species: and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. . . The limbs divided into great...

...structure, their laws of growth, their liability to injurious influences, &c. I "The affinities of all beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. The i green and budding twigs may represent existing species, j and those produced during former years...