862 The American Naturalist. [October, 
Association for the Advancement of Science, in Philadelphia, 
in 1884.” 
I am, myself, unable to comprehend consciousness except as 
a product or result of organization, and those who wish to 
learn more about Cope’s views respecting the question must 
refer to one of his many papers. ; 
Whatever may be thought of Cope’s philosophical views, hi 
presentation of them is always interesting, and some of them 
are illustrated with a wealth of facts that renders his commu- 
nications valuable as repertories of well digested information. 
His first special paper, on “ The Origin of Genera,” published 
as early as 1868, is especially noteworthy for the mass of mor- 
phological data contained in it, and for the apt manner in 
which they are tabulated. ` 
VII. 
I venture to conclude with some reflections on the rank that 
may be assigned to Cope in the world of science. 
Among those that have cultivated the same branches of sci- 
ence that he did—the study of the recent as well as the extinct 
Vertebrates—three naturalists have acquired unusual celeb- 
rity. Those are Cuvier, Owen and Huxley. 
Cuvier excelled all of his time in the extent of his know- 
ledge of the anatomical structure of animals and appreciation 
of morphological details, and first systematically applied them 
to and combined them with the remains of extinct Vertebrates, — 
especially the mammals and reptiles. He was the real founder 
of Vertebrate paleontology. 
Owen, a disciple of Cuvier, followed in his footsteps, and, 
with not unequal skill in reconstruction and with comman 
of ampler materials, built largely on the structure that Cuvier 
had begun. 
Huxley covered as wide a field as Cuvier and Owen, and 
likewise combined knowledge of the details of structure of the 
recent forms with acquaintance with the ancient ones. Huis 
actual investigations were, however, less in amount than those 
of either his predecessors. He excelled in logical and forcible 
presentation of facts. 
38 Origin of Fittest, p. 425. 
