, 1881-01-14
HUXLEY ON EVOLUTION.

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nfo.' NAaFhh'H AMpurs ,.,.l' es''
Snr,naohs III she tsQni"e Aspe-'''am"
malta ana tnnrrti'orn.
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Week. aiming tho purcrs runh was one Dy
prnf tlnxtey III, Tho n,n,l.cutton of tina In,yy
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ot e'ol"!lon !" u'o "tlnnRe'hens ..i u Ing veg
tebrnia, nn'l ii'oro particularly nnl"nnlsa.
'rht Illustrations n.ttlWcGA we're those Ut the
history Of tie horse, principally, su fnr rs Is
lnn,r,, fyom mo ,vnri. M prnr 1tnr.l, nj, tha
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1lollicr,ncilt ut the paper hun drawn together
iii unusually large attendance, as 1t WIS ex-
pectetl TINT the narslninc of tic facts
% n l,rof lin Iimxlrv,s @ In,,Is ,rt,ni bnr, ,,r.oi o
Interest 1T praol1ealy snbstantInting tic
theory of evolution, which, though forrstad-
owed by Others, touk practical sllapu III t!le
work of Dnywfi, twuuty-orn ypurs ,,.r,. prnf,
f,mxi,,v sail. rIor'. IL ar,1a"n,. -" H. roi"o
AauA4es s"!'1' AHetc ~ c'Hlthte tla WINS
nf which Inns not been disputed, aud which
III my Judgment amounts tu proof, tlMt b.
tween the commencement Of tllo tcrtinry
n,u,I, o,ni nm ,,r.,sa,t linn Aha ,,r,,,,r nr ,io
ep'I', "'"4 Wy plc"e"t '''''e 'l!o s'olpu' 'no
Hltsl'le ms beei represented by series nf
fnr'ns. Of which the osest Is TINT wllcll de-
parts lrast froin the general type Of strt1ct-
,,rc of tie hJal,cr nuulI,,alEu, while Tho lutc.t
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HIN y ,Hn;p.,.g UNI Hts!!cl iI4a tna rs.
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lHilttrl's atiu e'!tiyi"fniea f1ots. Illn latest,
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IS svMts: IL !'S liz M @ III! st,}S sers n ,'s
} r,r., ssH,,nnt M ,,nt sp ri lug oM
's st sti' ~, mTn reaMeet! al! Mftnly eiicyisH
Msaa tmG ttnn; uiu cal!aH aeGin IT, !'aIt'ai!S
II rst r,, ~ tI,' ,s's t
sla When l!, !lNy nppear @ are yery sM!!all; tl,e
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., n tttetIs W.. I1ts
t'sfeasts, ",a.gtsrs q ,; , Mlt respect T. The
lhterntellitloh " utesa lncta lWo lyi,otlleSts
aia! OILY twn' nnne;:S M ~ pe llhngiila1lc. iilg
oS ms msS"es s, a me-" @ sa;sSsssyn ;s i"ss M
asRelniiT'1ttl@y XIX ~ one ~ ,G1tl,er wv r. otllcr as
sll.S inat li'ey nfo tltu result q tile Erati!lal
,nM!iIlea.lot' mod u,aSrKs'lo By tle successive
GusS wv w., W ssMs ~. t n IneSssfy; ~
tllo 1stst IylotfWSis, So ,iot feG! called slM.
70 alsc,,sS y. LllS at!ut'll.l Of tllo srcil'tl.
,,nw5sssr Is ctIn!va''e11t 10 te aecensaiice uf
LUG .l0ctrle ~ evolution 4, far ~ !lnrSes arv
10 NY contrary, stl'lll sallrtls" Tint 1t y NJ
eeMeti. s!l!ea tho fnantncnrrielt nl Inc
eoeeliu er!Gtl, tin animals Wlllci. c9lstitute
tue tu,ntly OF the eaNltlse llaye undergone
EsuSeSses . Or M'n1!lcatlth y tlirev Kinds; !:
| t'lefe ll;s bsei! M excess OF Herelnpnlent OF
ono lnlrt tt tl.a ol'irst 1orili over nnOthcr;
certain pnrtS have undergone COM
p!eta 1r Rnr!!o! sllpprcsslon; !, Mrts
UrlRiiinliy distinct !!nyn ,cde'esGct. E!ti-
! plnyltg th1 ternl "lAw" simply II, tho
ssi's. i ~ ~ T. ke.ier..l siatensnt ~ facts nscer.
| tHine! ny Ml@cryntlo1l' sl!a!l speak ~ these
tlllrn lf0cehsea W which tho e,l,Ipnus fortn
!!iss l',SSs't Into c1llsIs ~ tho exprrsslnn of
| iitpsfulA law nt evolution. IT Is ol profound
Interest 10 WlI,ark that this law, Or general:
kftt s.ntclnellt of tho nnt.Ira of thu aacestrNl
eyniIalt' g. tg iIotSs, u precisely the s:'Ils
divsl,nl tleyelnp!nent ~ al. .In'nis generally,
tn,in tho tcrtMlnt Which ule bHtatl characters
| II tho group to which M animal belongs nre
tlIsrNrl.lhlo onward. After illnllralinn
r,nDryD, fur example, ns taken lts general
.la,ainn!i'!ls cl!atacterS. t!s further progress
| towards It's Sltrlnl farm Is Afectgd by tile
excessive growth OF ono hArt or relation to