, atleastaboriginally, butapproximateortemporary; thatweshouldfindthelinesconvergentinthepast, ifwecouldtracethemfarenough; thatsomeofthem,ifproducedback, wouldfallintocertainfragmentsoflines, whichhavelefttracesinthepast, lyingnotexactlyinthesamedirection, , whetheronthewholereallyoronlyapproximatelyparallel,sometimesforkorsendoffbranchesononesideortheother, producingnewlines (varieties), whichrunforawhile, andforaughtweknowindefinitelywhennotinterferedwith, ; anditmayalsoshowthattheseclosesubsidiarylinesmaybranchorvaryagain, andthatthosebranchesorvarietieswhicharebestadaptedtotheexistingconditionsmaybecontinued, , thereisareal, thoughanarrow, establishedgroundtobuilduponButassystemsoforganicNature, bothdoctrinesareequallyhypotheses, aresuppositionsofwhatthereisnoproofoffromexperience, assumedinordertoaccountfortheobservedphenomena, andsupportedbysuchindirectevidenceascanbehad.
Evenwhentheupholdersoftheformerandmorepopularsystemmixuprevelationwithscientificdiscussion—whichwedeclinetodo——"Lettheearthbringforthgrass, theherbyieldingseed," etc., "anditwasso;" "lettheearthbringforththelivingcreatureafterhiskind, cattleandcreepingthingandbeastoftheearthafterhiskind,anditwasso"— "thedustoftheground,"andofthinair, onlyleadstotheconclusionthatthepristineindividualswerecorporeallyconstitutedlikeexistingindividuals, "aftertheirkinds" determinesnothingastowhatweretheoriginalkinds, norinwhatmode, duringwhattime, , thetwoopposingdoctrinesareequallyhypothetical.
