CHAP, ii.] Organs from Cesalpino to Linnaeus. 107 



No further proof is wanting that this theory of Linnaeus is 

 no precursor of our theory of descent, but is most distinctly 

 opposed to it ; it is utterly and entirely the fruit of scholasti- 

 cism, while the essential feature in Darwin's theory of descent 

 is that scholasticism finds no place in it. 



