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  essence 
  of 
  his 
  jurisprudence 
  were 
  largely 
  affected 
  by 
  climatic 
  

   conditions. 
  Eousseau 
  recognized 
  the 
  factor 
  of 
  heredity 
  in 
  man. 
  

   Diderot 
  advised 
  the 
  physician 
  to 
  abandon 
  the 
  pourquoi, 
  and 
  to 
  

   occupy 
  himself 
  with 
  the 
  comment, 
  thus 
  in 
  agreement 
  with 
  Goethe, 
  

   who 
  stated 
  : 
  " 
  La 
  question 
  n'est 
  plus, 
  dit-il, 
  de 
  savoir 
  pourquoi 
  

   le 
  Bceuf 
  a 
  des 
  cornes, 
  mais 
  comment 
  les 
  cornes 
  sont 
  venues 
  au 
  

   Boeuf.'' 
  Buffon, 
  as 
  is 
  well 
  known, 
  advanced 
  views 
  which 
  brought 
  

   him 
  under 
  the 
  censure 
  of 
  the 
  Sorbonne, 
  but, 
  as 
  Prof. 
  Giard 
  

   pertinently 
  remarks, 
  Buffon 
  had 
  not 
  the 
  temperament 
  of 
  a 
  

   martyr. 
  Of 
  course, 
  Geoffroy 
  Saint-Hilaire 
  and 
  Lamarck 
  have 
  

   all 
  consideration, 
  and 
  the 
  author 
  concludes 
  his 
  subject 
  by 
  

   reference 
  " 
  a 
  l'edifice 
  construit 
  par 
  trois 
  grands 
  genies, 
  l'honneur 
  

   de 
  trois 
  grands 
  peuples, 
  Goethe, 
  Darwin 
  et 
  Lamarck! 
  " 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  not 
  space 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  subjects 
  dealt 
  with 
  

   in 
  this 
  book. 
  The 
  chapter 
  devoted 
  to 
  " 
  Convergence 
  des 
  Types 
  

   par 
  la 
  vie 
  Pelagique 
  " 
  is 
  most 
  invigorating 
  to 
  one 
  who 
  fails 
  to 
  see 
  

   in 
  every 
  instance 
  of 
  concurrent 
  evolution 
  another 
  capture 
  for 
  the 
  

   net 
  of 
  " 
  mimicry." 
  

  

  