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selection of those creatures having variations which 

 intelligence can use. This puts a premium on these varia- 

 tions and their intelligent use in following generations. 

 Suppose, for instance, a set of young animals some of 

 which have variations which intelligence can use for a 

 particular adaptation, thus keeping these individuals alive, 

 while the others which have not these variations die off ; 

 then the next generation will not only have the same vari- 

 ations which intelligence can use in the same way, but will 

 also have the intelligence to use the variations in the same 

 way, and the result will be about the same as if the second 

 generation had inherited the adaptations directly. The 

 direction of the intelligent selection will be preserved in 

 future generations. I think it is a good feature of Pro- 

 fessor Cope's theory that he emphasizes the intelligent 

 direction of evolution, and especially that he does it by 

 appealing to the conscious accommodations of the creatures 

 themselves ; but just by so doing he destroys the need of 

 the Lamarckian factor. Natural selection eliminates all 

 the creatures which have not the intelligence and the vari- 

 ations which the intelligence can use ; those are kept alive 

 which have both the intelligence and the variations. They 

 use their intelligence just as their fathers did, and besides 

 get new intelligent accommodations, thus aiding progress 

 again by further intelligent selection. What more is 

 needed for progressive evolution 1 ^ 



§ 3. The Selective Process in Accommodation 



Third. We come now to the third point, — the method 

 of intelligent selection, — and on this point Professor Cope 



1 1 keep to * intelligent ' accommodations here ; but the same principle 

 applies to all adjustments made in individual development. 



