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EVOLUTION, OLD AND NEW. 



BACON, F., on evolution, 69 

 Balzac, quotation from, on 



memory and instinct, 67 

 Bark, Erasmus Darwin's theory of, 



208 

 Beaver, trowel incorporated into 



the beaver's organism, 8 

 Bees, neutralization of working, an 



act of abortion, 250 

 Beetles, Madeira, Lamarck and C. 

 Darwin's views of their wingless- 

 ness compared, 373, 380 

 Begin, How could the eye begin? 



46, 47 



Beginnings, of complex structures, 

 a difficulty in the way of 

 natural selection, 21, 22 



difficulty of accounting for, 



46, 47 



a matter of conjecture and 



inference, 48 

 Behind, more moral to be behind 



the age than in front of it, 401 

 Best, making the best of whatever 



power one has, 50 

 Bird, how birds became web-footed, 

 48, 49, 51 



a, will modify its nest a little, 



under altered circumstances, 

 55 



Buffon on, 170, &c. 



nests, Dr. Erasmus Darwin's 



failure to connect the power 

 to make them with memory, 

 201, 203 



aquatic and wading, Lamarck 



on, 305 



Bishop, and Eveque, common deri- 

 vation of, 355 



Blindfolded, we are so far, that we 

 can see a few steps in front, 

 but no more, 44 



us, C. Darwin has almost 



ostentatiously, 346 

 Blindly, forces interacting blindly, 



59 

 Body and mind, Lamarck on, 338, 



339, 341 



Brain, Lamarck had brain upon 

 the brain, 36 



Buffon on the, 131, 133, &c. 



Brevity may be the soul of wit, but, 

 &c., 315 



Breeding, and feeding, 222 



Brown-Sequard, his experiments on 

 guinea-pigs' legs, 303 



Buds, individuality of, Dr. Erasmus 

 Darwin on the, 207, 208 



Buffalo, Buffon on the, 148, &c. 



Buffon, profoundly superficial, 34 



plus il a su, plus il a pu, &c. , 



44 



dans I 'animal il y a moins de 



jugement que de sentiment, 51 



ignorance concerning, 61 



memoir of, 74, &c. 



on glory, genius, and style, 



76,77 



ironical character of his work 



and method (see Irony), 78, 

 &c., 171 



on the ass, horse, and zebra, 



80, 90, 91, 100, 101, 142, 

 143, 155, 164, 311 



would not play the part of 



Rousseau or Voltaire, 81 



Sir W. Jardine on, and the 



Sorbonne, 82 



regards all animal and vegeta- 

 ble life as from one common 

 source, 90 



if a single species has ever 



been found under domestica- 

 tion, &c., 91 



on plaisanterie, and the 



learned Aldrovandus, 93, &c. 



his compromise, 92 



accessory touches, 92 



"especially" the same, 96 



fluctuation of opinion an un- 

 founded charge, 97, &c., 164 



on the accumulation of small 



divergencies, 103 



began preaching evolution 



almost on his first page, 104 



chapter on the degeneration 



des animaux, equivalent to 

 "on descent with modifica- 

 tion," 104, &c. 



difference of opinion between 



him and Erasmus Darwin 

 and Lamarck, 105 



probably did not differ from 



Lamarck, 105 



on direct action of changed 



conditions, 105, 145, 147 



