258 ORIGIN OF SPECIES. [ch. xiii. 



" I have got fairly sick of hostile reviews. Neverthe- 

 less, they have been of use in showing me when to expatiate 

 a little and to introduce a few new discussions. 



" I entirely agree with you, that the difficulties on my 

 notions are terrific, yet having seen what all the Reviews 

 have said against me, I have far more confidence in the 

 general truth of the doctrine than I formerly had. An- 

 other thing gives me confidence, viz. that some who went 

 half an inch with me now go further, and some who were 

 bitterly opposed are now less bitterly opposed. ... I can 

 pretty plainly see that, if my view is ever to be generally 

 adopted, it will be by young men growing up and replacing 

 the old workers, and then young ones finding that they can 

 group facts and search out new lines of investigation better 

 on the notion of descent than on that of creation." 



