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with its several powers, having been originally breathed by 

 the Creator into a few forms or into one. ' Derivation' sees 

 therein a narrow invocation of a special miracle and an un- 

 worthy limitation of creative power, the grandeur of which 

 is manifested daily, hourly, in calling into life many forms, 

 by conversion of physical and chemical into vital modes of 

 force, under as many diversified conditions of the requisite 

 elements to be so combined." 



The view propounded in this work allows, however, a 

 greater and more important part to the share of external 

 influences, it being believed by the author, however, that 

 these external influences equally with the internal ones are 

 the results of one harmonious action underlying the whole 

 of Nature, organic and inorganic, cosmical, physical, chemi- 

 cal, terrestrial, vital, and social. 



According to this view, an internal law presides over 

 the actions of every part of every individual, and of every 

 organism as a unit, and of the entire organic world as a 

 whole. It is believed that this conception of an internal 

 innate force will ever remain necessary, however much its 

 subordinate processes and actions may become explicable : 



That by such a force, from time to time, new species are 

 manifested by ordinary generation just as Pavo nigripennis 

 appeared suddenly, these new 'forms not being monstrosities 

 but harmonious self-consistent wholes. That thus, as spe- 

 cific distinctness is manifested by obscure sexual conditions, 

 so in obscure sexual modifications specific distinctions arise. 



That these "jumps" are considerable in comparison 

 with the minute variations of " Natural Selection " are in 

 fact sensible steps, such as discriminate species from spe- 

 cies. 



That the latent tendency which exists to these sudden 

 evolutions is determined to action by the stimulus of exter- 

 nal conditions. 



That " Natural Selection " rigorously destroys mon- 



