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5. Does this involve, then, the loss o£ the doctrine o£ Recapitulation ? 
To which question I reply, first, with Goethe, " Was fruchtbar ist, allein ist 
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YiQ. 1. — Diag'vam of the Relations bet^Yeen Ontogeny and Pliylogeny. 
A0-A5 the Phyletic succession of Adults. 
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Avahr," and, secondly, as Balfour wrote on another matter : " I£ the above 
position be admitted, it is not permissible to shirk the conclusions which seem 
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