122 Scientific Intelligence. 
which preside over the development of all finite beings, as the phyllotactie 
julge themselves are now known to express also the natural relations 
ie ch exist in the movements of the bodies belonging to our solar 
systenw 
. On the Principles of Classification; by L. serge ie ee 
ma ay be said that investigations upon the structure of a ae 
already yielded all the information coming from this source oo can 
serve to improve our classification of the animal kin 
After the great natural divisions of the animal inpdois have been 
circumscribed in accordance with their anatomical structure, after the 
differences, it is hardly possible to expect that further investigations re: 
upon the structure of animals will afford the means of establishing cor- a 
— the natural relations of the families. For it is already seen that 
the amount of organic difference which exists between the different 
Besiliew is either too insignificant to afford a test by which to settle ed 
preéminence or inferiority, or so striking as to impress us with an 
aggerated idea of their difference. Many e examples could be quote a : 
show, that, in this respect, from the same identical facts, naturalists 
have arrived at very opposite conclusions. And this diversity of opinion 
among investigators of equal ability leads me to think that comparative 
anatomy has done its work in that direction, and that we must seek for. 
animal kingdom, has brought to light, must naturally have blinded us to 
the imperfections and deficiencies which constantly accompany the most 
ment eg the different systems; and there is no philosophical 
observ o has not noticed this process of gradual approximation 
abe : . 
the nero in which t ph oven were introduced. 
e time Rane powbrehs gone b when the mere translation of a 
u 
‘material addition to the information we possess respe 
animals, can now be Siisianead as a real advance in 
