It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order.

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Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that...

Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that...

Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials:...

Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials:...

But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically...

But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically...

We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not...

We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not...

I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling...

I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling...

It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there...

It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there...

It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives,...

It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives,...

In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.

In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.

Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly...

Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly...

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from...

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from...

Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than...

Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than...

Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person...

Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person...

I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific...

I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific...

The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated...

The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated...

This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in...

This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in...

I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must...

I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must...

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and...

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and...

Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant,...

Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant,...

We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their...

We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their...

I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I...

I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I...