176 LUCK, OR CUNNING? 



should be no hesitation in holding the various modifi- 

 cations of plants and animals to be in such pre- 

 ponderating measure due to function, that design, 

 which underlies function, is the fittest idea with which 

 to connect them in our minds. 



We will now proceed to inquire how Mr. Darwin 

 came to substitute, or try to substitute, the survival 

 of the luckiest fittest, for the survival of the most 

 cunning fittest, as held by Erasmus Darwin and 

 Lamarck ; or more briefly, how he came to substitute 

 luck for cunning. 



