﻿DESCENT 
  FROM 
  A 
  SINGLE 
  PAIR. 
  107 
  

  

  hath 
  made 
  of 
  one 
  blood 
  all 
  nations 
  of 
  men 
  

   for 
  to 
  dwell 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  earth." 
  It 
  

   is 
  of 
  course 
  conceivable 
  that 
  this 
  full 
  com- 
  

   munity 
  of 
  nature 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  

   Creator 
  to 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  original 
  pairs. 
  But 
  all 
  

   the 
  evidence 
  of 
  science 
  tends 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  

   that 
  each 
  well-marked 
  species 
  has 
  spread 
  from 
  

   some 
  one 
  centre 
  of 
  creation, 
  and 
  presumably 
  

   from 
  a 
  single 
  pair. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  clashing 
  

   between 
  this 
  evidence 
  • 
  and 
  the 
  testimony 
  

   of 
  Revelation 
  as 
  that 
  testimony 
  has 
  hitherto 
  

   been 
  interpreted. 
  Strongly 
  marked 
  as 
  the 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  Man 
  now 
  are, 
  the 
  variation 
  is 
  

   strongest 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  colour, 
  which 
  in 
  all 
  

   organisms 
  is 
  notoriously 
  the 
  most 
  liable 
  to 
  

   modification 
  and 
  to 
  change. 
  And 
  in 
  this 
  

   feature 
  of 
  colour 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  Jwe 
  

  

  