Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 92
f an unknown ani-mal, and he will construct for youits entire osseous framework, andif need be, clothe it with muscles.Professor Agassiz is able to do thesame from a single scale of a fish.Their power to do this dependsupon a law of comparative anat-omy, to which the principle juststated is a… … 86 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. any difficulty in going farther and declaring that the humanform is homogeneous in all its parts ? If the practical botanistor pomologist can determine from a single leaf the character-istic form, not only of the tree, but of thefruit also, is it too much to believe thatwe…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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