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certainly say “This has such a character therefore it belongs to 
such a group;” and “This has not such a character therefore it 
does not belong to that group.” But nature does not work in 
this way; and our only course is when we find a group of beings 
in nature to name and describe it as well as we can and to con- 
form our systems as nearly as possible to nature and not to try 
to force nature into an appearance of conformity with our 
sj s toms. ** 
the names , l0l in 
he e “Tr % ‘T" ”" d « ”'>»'• ‘he, 
a«Lr O ,T h ”' *PP1M by seme 
eestem h „™? 0 '°" "“ ll ” of •»»» -pecies «f the 
Iltt" lo T°f ra ““ “ h “ h “PP“«> 
li l t ,or tTO >«■.; “1 I - no. 
•hi. “■ c *“ "° wed the ™ “ - 
.p.eiI he „,lT iPle “ Wh o” * he *« -taf » .h.t the 
anec "7," “ r“ S ' 0 ““ “ ,h ” '">» described the 
.luou e, 7 ’ 1 'I"* B " 1 * d »P*“' * particular eeUo- 
g t»e raU /eeJ,‘° d b Te° °hT m “' ^ ’■*>•*• h “ *»» 
o j it-beu up to by conch olo^ists * hnt if ,* ± i 
that manv ' but ls to be regretted 
course thereby intrude '■ 7 ' Sclence hav ® followed a different 
Sure. The want of 7"f ""necessary disorder into nomenela- 
eonrewha, hi,™ ™ Ci “ i “ » f "* »*? be 
name 
the authority for the apeciffc name S„ - r, “ 
species described by Lhw rir t , J ' J absurd to see ' 
modern cataloo-ue-comniler Jnma ' c a gravely ascribed to some 
latter chooses to e'mpiovneiier b “““ 
invention. If the prineinln ^ generlc designations of later 
the name of the authority in parenthesis • tl ’ P ' ° pkce 
cf trying to escape an imaginary and wholly superfl^^diifieult^ 
