...Darwin's books. In referring to the similarity of structure in animals of the same class, he says, " Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain...pattern in members of the same class, by utility or the doctrine of final causes." l On the last page of his work, he says: " It 1 Origin of Species, p....

...construction of the mouths and limbs of crustaceans. So it is with the flowers of plants. Nothing can bo more hopeless than to attempt to explain this similarity of pattern in members of tho same class, by utility or by the doctrine of final causes. Tho hopelessness of the attempt has...

...Fixity of Species," and to seek a reason for " Unity of Type " as it is called. According to Darwin, " Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain...pattern in members of the same class, by utility or the doctrine of final causes. The hopelessness of the attempt has been expressly admitted by Owen in...

...Fixity of Species," and to seek a reason for " Unity of Type " as it is called. According to Darwin, " Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain...pattern in members of the same class, by utility or the doctrine of final causes. The hopelessness of the attempt has been expressly admitted by Owen in...

...about it. Conjecture has so much befriended me that it must stand me in stead once more here : for '• nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain...similarity of pattern in members of the same class by natural selection and the struggle for life." You may say that if even conjecture can do nothing here,...

...The latter will admit, with Owen and every morphologist, that hopeless is the attempt to explain the similarity of pattern in members of the same class by utility or the doctrine of final causes. " On the ordinary view of the independent creation of each being, we...

...infinitely numerous modifications of an upper lip, mandibles, and two pairs of maxilUe. The same law governs the construction of the mouths and limbs of crustaceans....being, we can only say that so it is ; — that it has pleased the Creator to construct all the animals and plants in each great class on a uniform plan ;...

...scientific exegesis." Mr. Darwin further cuts away the ground from under himself by his remark, " that nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain...similarity of pattern in members of the same class by Natural Selection, and the struggle for life." If he then is content to give up the attempt, I think...

...is not a scientific explanation. 'Nothing can be more hopeless, ' says Darwin, 'than to attempt t> explain this similarity of pattern in members of the same class by utility or by doctrine of final causes. 'On the ordinary view of independent creation of each being we can only say...

...numerous modifications of an upper lip, mandibles, and two pairs of maxillae. The same law governs the construction of the mouths and limbs of crustaceans....being, we can only say that so it is ; — that it has pleased the Creator to construct all the animals and plants in each great class on a uniforni plan...