The Foundations of the Origin of Species
The Foundations of the Origin of Species
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{307} It is interesting to find the argument from sterility given so prominent a place. In a corresponding passage in the _Origin_, Ed. I. P. 480, vi. P. 659, it is more summarily treated. The author gives, as the chief bar to the acceptance of evolution, the fact that "we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps"; and goes on to quote Lyell on geological action. It will be remembered that the question of sterility remained a difficulty for... Huxley.
{308} Similar statements occur in the Essay of 1842, p. 24, note 1, and in the _Origin_, Ed. I. P. 299.
As I suppose that species have been formed in an analogous manner withthe varieties of the domesticated animals and plants, so must there haveexisted intermediate forms between all the species of the same group, not differing more than recognised varieties differ. It must not besupposed necessary that there should have existed forms exactlyintermediate in character between any two species of a genus, or evenbetween any two varieties of a species; but it is necessary that thereshould have existed every intermediate form between the one species orvariety of the common parent, and likewise between the second species orvariety, and this same common parent.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
{307} It is interesting to find the argument from sterility given so prominent a place. In a corresponding passage in the _Origin_, Ed. I. P. 480, vi. P. 659, it is more summarily treated. The author gives, as the chief bar to the acceptance of evolution, the fact that "we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps"; and goes on to quote Lyell on geological action. It will be remembered that the question of sterility remained a difficulty for... Huxley.
{308} Similar statements occur in the Essay of 1842, p. 24, note 1, and in the _Origin_, Ed. I. P. 299.
As I suppose that species have been formed in an analogous manner withthe varieties of the domesticated animals and plants, so must there haveexisted intermediate forms between all the species of the same group, not differing more than recognised varieties differ. It must not besupposed necessary that there should have existed forms exactlyintermediate in character between any two species of a genus, or evenbetween any two varieties of a species; but it is necessary that thereshould have existed every intermediate form between the one species orvariety of the common parent, and likewise between the second species orvariety, and this same common parent.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 to read onlineMoreLess
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