6 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ' ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' 



when we can hardly believe necessary, but if it was necessary 

 to one forefather, the result would be as it is. Hence ante- 

 lopes at Cape of Good Hope ; marsupials at Australia." 



" Countries longest separated greatest differences if sepa- 

 rated from immersage, possibly two distinct types, but each 

 having its representatives as in Australia." 



" Will this apply to whole organic kingdom when our planet 

 first cooled ? " 



The two following extracts show that he applied the theory 

 of evolution to the " whole organic kingdom " from plants to 

 man. 



" If we choose to let conjecture run wild, then animals, our 

 fellow brethren in pain, disease, death, suffering and famine 

 our slaves in the most laborious works, our companions in 

 our amusements they may partake [of?] our origin in one 

 common ancestor we may be all melted together." 



" The different intellects of man and animals not so great 

 as between living things without thought (plants), and living 

 things with thought (animals)." 



The following extracts are again concerned with an a priori 

 view of the probability of the origin of species by descent 

 " propagation," as he called it. 



" The tree of life should perhaps be called the coral of life, 

 base of branches dead ; so that passages cannot be seen." 



" There never may have been grade between pig and tapir, 

 yet from some common progenitor. Now if the intermediate 

 ranks had produced infinite species, probably the series would 

 have been more perfect." 



At another place, speaking of intermediate forms, he says : 



" Cuvier objects to propagation of species by saying, why 

 have not some intermediate forms been discovered between 

 Palaeotherium, Megalonyx, Mastodon, and the species now 

 living ? Now according to my view (in S. America) parent of 

 all Armadilloes might be brother to Megatherium uncle 

 now dead." 



