It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held...

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held...

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...

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...

It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them,...

It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them,...

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 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...

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,...

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...