Kidder, Jerome. [from old catalog] · New York, The author · leaf 78
r-tainly, it is true that the quality of the vital prin-ciple which developes the butterfly, exists in thecaterpillar. As regards the fact then, what mattersit where is the precise point of time when that vi-tal principle is developed to the degree whichshows, microscopically or to the naked eye,… … that a mere creeping worm becomes gloriouslychanged to winged being, differing from the for-mer in habits, in food, and in every essential par-ticular, even as widely as any two creatures canwell differ; even as widely as a serpent from a bird. HEREDITARY INFLUENCES. (19.) Before elucidating the…
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