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been "nothing to indicate how or when it was 

 determined. We now see that the discon- 

 tinuous variflti ops ft.rft..in thp main tljft rmt- 

 T^.n]fe^tMionfy of tftq prp,^np or ab- 

 of ror rpg p nr>rlir> g "M^T^ija-Ti fnrtnr^ 

 and we recognize that the unity of these 

 factors js^a consequence of the mode in which 



f"jflf*Tr fl TT^il ~~trPftfltifttiLi 111 M^ trlP 1 f^P*.! I <J 1 Vision Q iT^T 



ff n m pt.o-ff en esi s . " (3) "The notion that a 

 character once appearing in an individual is 

 in danger of obliteration by the inter-crossing 

 of that individual with others lacking that 

 character proves to be unreal; because in so 



far a,fi t.lip nTnarantAr f|fpfnris rm fa.pt.nrs whuah 



p 1c> pp The 



flirfl ppi^fln^nt bgr virtllh of thrir 







..." Moreover, he 

 continues, "The conception of Evolution as 

 proceeding through the gradual transforma- 

 tion of masses of individuals by the 



study of genftiftR fihnw.s immfifliatply--*^ bfi 

 Jalse^ Once for all, that burden so gratui- 

 tously undertaken in ignorance of genetic 

 physiology by the evolutionists of the last 

 century must be cast into oblivion. For the 

 PTir | Yflirip* 1 ' 1 ^ni^ tr^ 

 ynrintinn-io a phonomewm 

 Each new character is 



