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years of observation and experiments " ? With all his 

 experiences in pigeons, poultry, and seeds, Mr. Darwin 

 supported his results mainly on a compilation. Had the 

 public but known that ! And so, then, are these letters 

 of Mr. Darwin's to remain in proof to posterity how all- 

 important it is, if you would gain an end, to look out for 

 some leading authorities whom, as determinative, it will 

 suffice to court ? l As regards selection, scientific dis- 

 covery on the part of Darwin, there never was any. 



1 So it was that the grandfather, " when he wanted something to 

 be done for him," " looked out " for the right man Josiah 

 Wedgewood to apply to !--! may add here, too, that much that is 

 final in regard to contingency as against Mr. Huxley's necessity of 

 physical atoms, will be found in the chapter on the Survival of the 

 Fittest. 



