So, also, thebroaddistinctionbetweenreproductionbyseedsorovaandpropagationbybuds, thoughperfectinsomeofthelowestformsoflife, becomesevanescentinothers; andeventhemostabsolutelawweknowinthephysiologyofgenuinereproduction—thatofsexualcooperation—hasitsexceptionsinbothkingdomsinparthenogenesis, , likewise, alongandfinelygraduatedseriesoftransitionsleadsfrombisexualtounisexualblossoms; , andmakesherdistinctionsonthewholemanifestandrealbuteverywherewithoutabruptbreaksWeneednotwonderthereforethatgradationsbetweenspeciesandvarietiesshouldoccur;themoreso, sincegenera, tribes, andothergroupsintowhichthenaturalistcollocatesspecies, arefarfrombeingalwaysabsolutelylimitedinNature, , , , , .
NowtheprincipleofgradationthroughoutorganicNaturemay, ofcourse, beinterpreteduponotherassumptionsthanthoseofDarwinshypothesis—certainlyuponquiteotherthanthoseofamaterialisticphilosophy, ,butprobable, thatthisgradation, asithasitsnaturalground, , thereisnoneedtodenythatthegeneralfactscorrespondwellwithanhypothesislikeDarwins,whichisbuiltuponfinegradations.
, however,whileforthemomentweoverlook, theformidabledifficultieswhichallhypothesesofthisclasshavetoencounter, , moreover, , notonlyofthediversification, , thatmostperfectofopticalinstruments, assoproducedintheloweranimalsandperfectedinthehigher! Afriendofours, whoacceptsthenewdoctrine, ,andisnowinthefeverofbelief, perchancetobesucceededbythesweatingstage, , wedreadthechill, "singularposition" acknowledgedbyPictet—thatis, confrontedwithatheorywhich,althoughitcanreallyexplainmuch, seemsinadequatetotheheavytaskitsoboldlyassumes, butwhich,nevertheless, appearsbetterfittedthananyotherthathasbeenbroachedtoexplain, ifitbepossibletoexplain, , thathebynomeansexpectstoconvinceoldandexperiencedpeople, , owningnocalltoalargerfaiththanisexpectedofus, butnotpreparedtopronouncethewholehypothesisuntenable, undersuchconstructionasweshouldputuponit, , , accordingly, toconcludeourtaskwithanarticleupon "DarwinandhisReviewers."
