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pattern, as the loom of life eliminates in- 

 cipient teeth in the embryo of the whale 

 and substitutes whalebone ; but, looking to 

 what has been already achieved, who will 

 venture to say that this feat may not also be 

 within the compass of man's ingenuity ? 



We now see that in the growth of the 

 embryo there is no anomaly, no two distinct , 

 forces, and no conflict. The Specific life-force | 

 of the race (in conjunction with General 

 life - force) evolves the embryo in the ap- 

 pointed type, just as the two combinations 

 of force in the Jacquard loom weave the web, 

 and throw up the appointed pattern. 



We cannot see the process of adjusting 

 the new combination (the Specific life -force) 

 to produce the new type, or the forces that 

 evolve the successive phases in the embryo, 

 but we can see that there must be forces 

 to bring them about, just as surely as we 

 see the force of gravitation in the fall of 

 the apple. 



Our theory has now explained intellig- 

 ibly, as we think the existence of frag- 

 mentary organs, and the significance of the 

 phases of the embryo, as completely as Huxley 

 demands of a hypothesis. We believe it 

 will also explain the other admitted facts 



