■S7S THE KNOMi'l'lON 'PIllKUiV 



t-lic ,M|HH'ii'H. \\y this iucmiih j^'cniiiiiiil Mi'lcctiim il.Holl' in \iltiiiinl'i'ly 

 iiilliicnci'il, ln'i'fUiHo oul y llio.sd iilw roiiKiin uiu'cJoi/IimI in tJit> j^^'im'Iii-jiIumiu 

 \viu)H(> (IcIiM'iiiiniiiilH uro xjiryiui;' in (lirccliiouH umiiI'iiI I-d (ili(> HpccicM. 

 TluiH tluM'o conioH about what until r('i'<Mi(,ly wmh lidlicNril to Im( 

 im[)o,MHililo : i-lic conditioii.s of lil'o j;i\i' rise to UHcful ilircctiouH ol' 

 v'jiriiitioii, not (lirccdy, cci'tainly, Imt indirectly. 



\\'(> luiiy (JiHtin^niisli iiH a I'om'tli uradc of Hclcc^tion ( 'ornial 

 Si'l(>('('ion, that is, (Jk^ proccMH of Hcli'ciion whicli <>n('ctM tho adaptation 

 of animal and plant Htock.M or t'orniH, and which dcpcndi-i on (ho 

 .4trut;'L;'lo ol' the colonieH anion;^' theniHelveM. TIuh dillei'M IVcaii ]ier,Moiial 

 Hclection only in tha:t it <l(H'iileH, not Irlu^ litnesM ol' the indi\'idna,l 

 IKTHon, but that of tliu stock as a whole. It i,H a niaitei' ol' 

 indiU'ereniM^ wlietiuM' tlio wtockH couciM-ned a,)'e Htock.M ill the actual 

 niaiei'lal h(miho, or only in tliu niota])liorical houho of sharin;;' (he 

 ciiinnion lii'e of a larn'c I'aniiiy Hepara,ted by divi.Mion ol' labour. In 

 both ca.HCH, in tlic! polyp-Htock an woll an in th(( lerniite or ant-colony, 

 (Jie collective n-ei'ni-plaHin, with all itH diirerent ])el'Honal rorniM, in what 

 is rejected or acc<'pte(l. The diHtincl-ion between thiH cormal Holeciion 

 and ponsonal selection i.s, thei'(d'or(\ no very dee|i one, lieca,u,Mo hei'o 

 too it is in tho lone; I'un th(^ two H(^xuaJ a-ninials ■which are H(^lected, 

 not indoeil only in rid'erence to their N'iisiblo I'eaiureH, but also in 

 r(d'(M-enc(^ to their inviHiblo ciia-racterH, thoHC, naiUiely, which d(^ter- 

 niiiK^ in thoir e'(.i-in-phiHUi Irhe conMl-ltulion of their n(ad,er proe^'ny 

 or, in th(^ ('a,,se ol' polyjiH, l-lieir aHexually rc|iroduciiijr d(^H(^endantH. 



We v(^nturo to niaiid.aiu that ov(^i'ything in the world ol' 

 oreiuiisuiH that haw )i(^rnianence and Hi^rnidciuKM^ doixiuds n|)on 

 adaptation, and has ariwon tlirouj;h a HiCtinj;' of tho variatioUH whi(di 

 preHent(Ml thcniselvcH, that in, tlirouffli Hclecticai. I'A'erythin^j; Ih 

 adajjiation, I'roni th(^ HuuilioHt and HinijilcHt up l,o tho InreeHt and 

 most complex, lor if it W('i'(i not it could not endure, but woulil 

 p(^riHh. Tho principli^ which l<]mpedocl(!H annoiniced, in Iuh own 

 pecniliar atid FaiitaHtic way, in the dominatinji; one, and I uniHt iiiHiHt 

 upon what haH bo oft(ui been object(^d to an an (^\a-;;■(^•(^raJ.ion - that 

 evorythinfr depc'udH upon adaptati(ai and is ^■(iv(U'ned by procoHHOH of 

 Hclection. I'''i'<an the lirHt l]e|rinnin^'H of life, up to itH hi^'la^Ht point, 

 only what in purpoHcful haH ariHcn, bccaiiHe the living unitw at (^very 

 l!;\ni\i: ar<3 continually bciinj^- nifted a,ccording to tlu^ir utility, and the 

 (t(^aHolcHH Htruf^fflo for exiHteia^e iH (!ontiiuially ]iroduc.in|; and biA'oiu'inn; 

 tho tittoHt. Upon thin dependH not only tho inliinte diverHity of the 

 forriiH of life, but alHo, a,nd chi(^liy, tho cloHcly a„4H<jcia.ted pro^rroHH of 

 or'^'a,ni/a,tion. 



It ca.nnot bo ])rove,d in re/^ard to i'a,cli individual cane, but it ca,n 



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