. The Bible and science. 300 MISSING LINK NOT IN THE WEST. If man has been developed from any being lower inthe scale of existence than himself, it is not in the. Fig. 160.—The Maiuiuoth {Kkphaii iriiuiijejilni). West at least that we are to look for the missino-link which is to connect him with the lower formsof life. LECTURE XV. GENERAL SUJNIMARY. We liave now made a general survey of the plantsand animals living at the present time, and of thosewhich have existed during previous periods of theworlds history. We find that the relations of the animal and vege-table kingdom to each other canno
. The Bible and science. 300 MISSING LINK NOT IN THE WEST. If man has been developed from any being lower inthe scale of existence than himself, it is not in the. Fig. 160.—The Maiuiuoth {Kkphaii iriiuiijejilni). West at least that we are to look for the missino-link which is to connect him with the lower formsof life. LECTURE XV. GENERAL SUJNIMARY. We liave now made a general survey of the plantsand animals living at the present time, and of thosewhich have existed during previous periods of theworlds history. We find that the relations of the animal and vege-table kingdom to each other cannot be expressed byparallel lines; that the lowest and highest membersof each kingdom respectively do not correspond toeach other, but that the highest members divergefurthest, while the lowest are closely united, and,indeed, we might almost say are identical. We find the same thing in comparing the differentmembers of each kingdom amongst themselves. Thepalm and the oak are totally unlike in the nature oftheir foliage and the appearance of their trunks, in thegrowth of their stems, in the number of parts oftheir flowers, and in the germination of their se
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