﻿CUVIER'S 
  CLASSIFICATION. 
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  from 
  the 
  functions 
  they 
  discharge, 
  and 
  from 
  

   the 
  mental 
  habits 
  which 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  struc- 
  

   ture 
  merely 
  represent, 
  embody, 
  and 
  subserve. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  resemblances 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   seized 
  upon 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  grouping 
  

   together 
  a 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  animals 
  into 
  

   Classes, 
  or 
  Families, 
  or 
  Orders, 
  have 
  been 
  

   for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  resemblances 
  arbitrarily 
  

   selected, 
  and 
  have 
  borne 
  no 
  consistent 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  standard 
  of 
  comparison 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  creatures 
  to 
  be 
  arranged, 
  

   yet 
  those 
  resemblances 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  so 
  

   arbitrary 
  nor 
  so 
  fallacious 
  as 
  to 
  join 
  

   together 
  in 
  one 
  common 
  "Order" 
  animals 
  

   separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  powers 
  and 
  

   habits 
  by 
  an 
  impassable 
  gulf. 
  Of 
  the 
  eight 
  

   "Orders" 
  (exclusive 
  of 
  Man) 
  into 
  which 
  Cuvier 
  

  

  