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the physical laws which regulate the universe, so the infini- 

 tesimal calculus of Darwin has afforded the solution of the 

 profound problem presented by organic life. 



It must have been with prophetic insight that Cuvier 

 exclaimed, if Shall not natural history some day have its 

 Newton ? " At the time these words were uttered the 

 Newton of natural history had been born, and his iinmortai 

 work has revolutionized knowledge. 



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