CHAP, ii.] Organs from Cesalpino to Linnaeus. \ 07 



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. 



