[225] _Fortnightly Review_, New Series, vol. iii. April 1868, p. 508. [226] _Scientific Opinion_, of October 13, 1869, p. 408. [227] _Fortnightly Review_, New Series, vol. iii. April 1868, p. 509. [228] "Histoire Naturelle, generale et particuliere," tome ii. 1749, p. 327. "Ces liqueurs seminales sont toutes deux un extrait de toutes les parties du corps," &c. [229] See _Nature_, March 3, 1870, p. 454. Mr. Wallace says (referring to Mr. Croll's paper in the _Phil. Mag._), "As we are now, and have been for 60,000 years, in a period of low eccentricity, _the rate of change of species during that time may be no measure of the rate that has generally obtained in past geological epochs_." [230] "Habit and Intelligence," vol. i. p. 344. [231] If anyone were to contend that beside the opium there existed a real distinct objective entity, "its soporific virtue," he would be open to ridicule indeed. But the constitution of our minds is such that we cannot but distinguish ideally a thing from its even essential attributes and qualities. The joke is sufficiently amusing, however, regarded as the solemn enunciation of a mere truism. [232] Noticed by Professor Owen in his "Archetype," p. 76. Recently it has been attempted to discredit Darwinism in France by speaking of it as "_de la science mousseuse!_" [233] "Lay Sermons," p. 342. [234] Introductory Lecture of February 14, 1870, pp. 24-30, Figs. 1-4. (Churchill and Sons.) [235] See especially "Animals and Plants under Domestication," vol. ii. chap. xviii. [236] "Origin of Species," 5th edition, pp. 323, 324. [237] "Animals and Plants under Domestication," vol. ii. p. 2. [238] Ibid. p. 25. [239] Ibid. p. 151. [240] Ibid. p. 157. [241] Ibid. p. 158. [242] "Animals and Plants under Domestication," vol. i. p. 291. [243] Though hardly necessary, it may be well to remark that the views here advocated in no way depend upon the truth of the doctrine of Spontaneous Generation. [244] Vol. iii. p. 808. [245] This is hardly an exact representation of Mr. Darwin's view. On his theory, if a favourable variation happens to arise (the external circumstances remaining the same), it will yet be preserved. [246] See 2nd edition, p. 113.