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of the analogies derived from the morti- 

 fied and discarded members of intelli- 

 gence and of will ? Does it not suggest 

 such notions as a key fitting a lock, or a 

 glove fitting a hand, and is it worthy of 

 the glorified vision we may enjoy of 

 Nature to think of her correlations as 

 having any analogy with adjustments 

 such as these ? In the face of the 

 innumerable and complicated adjust- 

 ments of a purely mechanical kind which 

 are conspicuous in organic life, Mr. 

 Spencer has the courage to declare that 

 "no approach" to this kind of fitness 

 " presentable to the senses " is to be 

 found in organisms which continue to 

 live in virtue of special conditions. 



Where materials are so abundant it is 

 hard to specify. But I am tempted to 

 ask whether Mr. Spencer has ever heard 

 of the ears, the teeth, above all the 

 finger of the Aye -aye, the wonderful 



