208 FROM LAMARCK TO ST. HILAIRE. 



opposed to that of Cuvier of ' successive creations,' 

 or of migration of existing species from other quar- 

 ters of the globe. He concludes by saying, very 

 guardedly, that this acceptance of the transmutation 

 theory rests upon the actual very limited state of 

 evidence. 



It is another striking coincidence that in the 

 very year (1859) in which this passage was pub- 

 lished the Origin of Species appeared. The last 

 staQ:es of the decline of the main ' transmutation ' 

 movement in France were coincident with its 

 sudden and final revival and estabHshment in 

 England. 



