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instead of having like them a            walking disc�察�it has a free open lower end�察�

with which ��I know not            how�� it buries itself upright in the sand�察�with its 

mouth      just   above     the   surface。     The    figure    on   the   left  of  the   plate 

represents      a   curious   cluster   of   papillae   which   project   from  one   side   of 

the    mouth�察�and are the opening of the oviduct。                 But his value consists�察�

not   merely   in   his   beauty   ��though   that�察  �really�察  �is   not   small���察  �but in   his 

belonging to what the long word´makers call an                   ;interosculant; group�察 � 

a   party   of   genera   and   species   which     connect   families   scientifically   far 

apart�察   �filling   up  a   fresh   link   in   the   great   chain�察  �or   rather   the   great 

network�察�of zoological           classification。     For here we have a simple�察�and�察�

as it were�察�crude        form�察�of which�察�if we dared to indulge in reveries�察�we 

might   say     that   the   Creative   Mind   realized   it   before   either   Actiniae   or 

Holothurians�察�and then went on to perfect the idea contained in it                      in two 

different directions�察  �dividing   it   into   two   different      families�察  �and   making 

on its model�察�by adding new organs�察�and taking                     away old ones�察�in one 

direction   the   whole   family   of   Actiniae   ��sea´   anemones���察  �and   in   a   quite 

opposite   one   the   Holothuriae�察  �those        strange   sea´cucumbers�察  �with   their 

mouth´fringe of feathery gills�察          �of which you shall see some anon。              Thus 

there   has   been�察  �in   the  Creative   Mind�察  �as   it   gave   life  to   new   species�察  �a 

development of the          idea on which older species were created�察�in order ´ 

we   may   fancy   ´     that   every   mesh   of   the   great   net   might   gradually   be 

supplied�察�and        there should be no gaps in the perfect variety of Nature's 

forms。       This development is one which we must believe to be at least 

possible�察�if we allow that a Mind presides over the universe�察�and                        not a 

mere brute necessity�察�a Law ��absurd misnomer�� without a                      Lawgiver�察�and 

to   it  ��strangely    enough     coinciding      here   and   there    with     the  Platonic 

doctrine of Eternal Ideas existing in the Divine                Mind�� all fresh inductive 

discovery seems to point more and more。 

     Let me speak freely a few words on this important matter。                       Geology 

has disproved the old popular belief that the universe was brought                         into 

being as it now exists by a single fiat。            We know that the         work has been 

gradual�察�that the earth 



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       ;In   tracts   of   fluent   heat   began�察 �The   seeming   prey   of   cyclic   storms�察�

The home of seeming random forms�察�Till�察�at the last�察�arose the man。; 

       And we know�察�also�察�that these forms�察 �seeming random; as they are�察�

have   appeared   according   to   a   law   which�察  �as   far   as   we   can   judge�察  �has 

been on the whole one of progress�察 � lower animals ��though we                        cannot 

yet say�察�the lowest�� appearing first�察�and man�察�the highest                 mammal�察 �the 

roof and crown of things�察─�one of the latest in the                series。    We have no 

more right�察�let it be observed�察�to say that           man�察�the highest�察�appeared last�察�

than that the lowest appeared            first。  It was probably so�察�in both cases�察�

but   there   is   as   yet   no positive   proof   of   either�察  �and   as   we   know   that 

species     of  animals     lower    than   those    which    already   existed    appeared 

again and again        during the various eras�察�so it is quite possible that they 

may  be      appearing   now�察  �and   may  appear   hereafter�此       �and   that   for   every 

extinct   Dodo   or   Moa�察  �a   new   species   may   be   created�察  �to   keep   up   the 

equilibrium of the whole。           This is but a surmise�此       �but it may be       wise�察�

perhaps�察�just now�察�to confess boldly�察�even to insist on�察�its              possibility�察�lest 

any should fancy�察�from our unwillingness to allow                 it�察�that there would be 

ought in it�察�if proved�察�contrary to sound           religion。 

     I   am�察  �I   must   honestly   confess�察  �more   and   more   unable   to   perceive 

anything   which   an   orthodox   Christian   may   not   hold�察  �in   those      physical 

theories of ;evolution�察─�which are gaining more and more                     the assent of 

our best zoologists and botanists。          All that they ask       us to believe is�察�that 

;species; and ;families�察─�and indeed the               whole of organic nature�察�have 

gone through�察�and may still be going               through�察�some such development 

from a lowest germ�察�as we know that                every living individual�察�from the 

lowest zoophyte to man himself�察            �does actually go through。          They apply 

to the whole of the living         world�察�past�察�present�察�and future�察�the law which 

is undeniably at       work on each individual of it。          They may be wrong�察�or 

they may be        right�此   �but what is there in such a conception contrary to 

any     doctrine   ´   at   least   of   the   Church   of   England�拭  �To   say   that   this 

cannot be true�察�that species cannot vary�察�because God�察�at the                   beginning�察�

created each thing ;according to its kind�察─�is really to               beg the question�察�

which is ´ Does the idea of ;kind; include               variability or not�拭�and if so�察�

how     much    variability�拭    �Now�察     �kind�察─   �or   ;species�察─   �as  we    call  it�察 �is 



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defined   nowhere   in   the   Bible。       What      right   have   we   to   read   our   own 

definition   into   the   word�拭   �   and   that   against   the   certain   fact�察  �that   some 

;kinds;      do   vary�察  �and   that   widely�察     �  mankind�察     �for   instance�察   �and   the 

animals      and   plants    which      he    domesticates。       Surely     that   latter  fact 

should be significant�察�to         those who believe�察�as I do�察�that man was created 

in the likeness of        God。     For if man has the power�察�not only of making 

plants   and     animals   vary�察  �but   of   developing   them   into   forms   of   higher 

beauty      and   usefulness   than   their   wild   ancestors   possessed�察  �why  should 

not    the God in whose image he is made possess the same power�拭                        �If the 

old   theological   rule   be   true   ´   ;There   is   nothing   in   man   which   was   not 

first   in  God;     ��sin�察 �of  course�察   �excluded��     ´  then   why    should     not   this 

imperfect      creative    faculty    in   man    be   the   very   guarantee      that   God 

possesses it in perfection�拭�

     Such at least is the conclusion of one who�察�studying certain                     families 

of plants�察�which indulge in the most fantastic varieties                 of shape and size�察�

and yet through all their vagaries retain ´ as               do the Palms�察�the Orchids�察�

the   Euphorbiaceae   ´ one   organ�察  �or   form        of   organs�察  �peculiar   and   highly 

specialized�察�yet constant throughout              the whole of each family�察�has been 

driven     to  the   belief   that   each    of    these   three   families�察   �at  least�察  �has 

;sported   off;   from   one      common   ancestor   ´   one   archetypal   Palm�察  �one 

archetypal Orchid�察�one           archetypal Euphorbia�察�simple�察�it may be�察�in itself�察�

but endowed         with infinite possibilities of new and complex beauty�察�to be 

developed�察      �not  in   it�察 �but  in  its  descendants。      He    has   asked     himself�察�

sitting alone amid the boundless wealth of tropic forests�察                   �whether even 

then and there the great God might not be creating                  round him�察�slowly but 

surely�察�new forms of beauty�拭            �If he chose to        do it�察�could He not do it�拭�

That man found himself none the worse                   Christian for the thought。          He 

has said ´ and must be allowed to             say again�察�for he sees no reason to alter 

his    words    ´  in   speaking      of   the   wonderful      variety    of  forms    in   the 

Euphorbiaceae�察         �from    the      weedy       English     Euphorbias�察      �the    Dog's 

Mercuries�察  �and   the   Box�察  �to   the     prickly´stemmed   Scarlet   Euphorbia   of 

Madagascar�察  �the   succulent         Cactus´like   Euphorbias   of   the  

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