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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及26何蛍

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amused ´ if�察�as Professor Harvey well says�察�the simpler animals                     represent�察�

as   in   a   glass�察  �the   scattered   organs   of   the   higher   races�察�which   of   your 

organs     is  represented      by   that  ;sca'd    man's    head�察─   �which      the   Devon 

children more gracefully�察�yet with less adherence                   to plain likeness�察�call 

;mermaid's head�察─。�12�� which we picked up                   just now on Paignton Sands�拭�

Or which�察�again�察�by its more beautiful               little congener�察。�13�� five or six of 

which   are   adhering   tightly   to      the   slab   before   us�察  �a   ball   covered   with 

delicate spines of lilac        and green�察�and stuck over ��cunning fellows�。� with 

stripes of dead        sea´weed to serve as improvised parasols�拭                �One cannot 

say   that   in   him   we   have   the   first   type   of   the   human   skull�此    �for   the 

resemblance�察  �quaint   as   it   is�察  �is   only   sensuous   and   accidental�察  。�in      the 

logical use of that term�撮� and not homological�察�I。E。 a lower                   manifestation 

of the same idea。        Yet how is one tempted to say�察            �that this was Nature's 

first   and   lowest   attempt   at   that   use   of   hollow   globes   of   mineral       for 

protecting      soft  fleshy   parts�察  �which     she    afterwards     developed      to  such 

perfection   in   the   skulls   of   vertebrate   animals�       �But   even   that   conceit�察�

pretty   as   it   sounds�察  �will   not   hold   good�察  �for   though   Radiates   similar   to 

these were among           the earliest tenants of the abyss�察�yet as early as their 



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time�察    �perhaps even before them�察�had been conceived and actualized�察�in 

the    sharks�察�and   in Mr。  Hugh Miller's   pets the  old red   sandstone  fishes�察�

that very true vertebrate skull and brain�察�of which this is a mere                   mockery。 

��14��     Here   the   whole   animal�察 �with   his   extraordinary         feeding   mill�察  。�for 

neither   teeth   nor   jaws   is   a   fit   word   for  it�撮�  is enclosed   within   an   ever´ 

growing limestone castle�察�to the             architecture of which the Eddystone and 

the Crystal Palace are         bungling heaps�察�without arms or legs�察�eyes or ears�察�

and   yet     capable�察  �in    spite   of   his   perpetual   imprisonment�察  �of       walking�察�

feeding�察�and breeding�察�doubt it not�察�merrily enough。                   But this      result has 

been   attained   at   the   expense   of   a   complication   of     structure�察  �which   has 

baffled   all   human   analysis   and   research   into        final   causes。      As   much 

concerning this most miraculous of families                   as is needful to be known�察�

and   ten   times   more   than   you   are   likely    to   understand�察  �may   be   read   in 

Harvey's   ;Sea´Side   Book�察─  �pp。   142´   148�察   �   pages   from   which   you   will 

probably   arise   with   a   sense   of   the    infinity   and   complexity   of   Nature�察�

even in what we are pleased to              call her ;lower; forms�察�and the simplest 

and�察  �as   it   were�察  �easiest  forms   of   life。   Conceive a   Crystal   Palace�察  。�for 

mere   difference   in      size�察  �as   both   the   naturalist   and   the   metaphysician 

know�察�has       nothing to do with the wonder�撮� whereof each separate joist�察�

girder�察  �and   pane   grows   continually   without   altering   the   shape   of           the 

whole�察  �and   you   have   conceived   only   one   of   the   miracles   embodied           in 

that little sea´egg�察�which the Creator has�察�as it were�察�to                justify to man His 

own immutability�察�furnished with a shell capable                     of enduring fossil for 

countless   ages�察  �that   we   may   confess   Him   to       have   been   as   great   when 

first His Spirit brooded on the deep�察�as He               is now and will be through all 

worlds to come。 

     But we must make haste�察�for the tide is rising fast�察�and our stone                     will 

be   restored   to   its   eleven   hours'   bath�察  �long   before   we   have    talked   over 

half the wonders which it holds。             Look though�察�ere you           retreat�察�at one or 

two more。 

     What is that little brown thing whom you have just taken off the                      rock 

to which it adhered so stoutly by his sucking´foot�拭                   �A limpet�拭        �Not at 

all�此  �he is of quite a different family and structure�察�but�察                �on the whole�察�a 

limpet´like shell would suit him well enough�察�so he                    had one given him�此�



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nevertheless�察  �owing   to   certain   anatomical         peculiarities�察  �he   needed   one 

aperture more than a limpet�察�so one�察             �if you will examine�察�has been given 

him at the top of his shell。         ��15��     This is one instance among a thousand 

of the way in which a          scientific knowledge of objects must not obey�察�but 

run counter to�察      �the impressions of sense�察�and of a custom in nature which 

makes      this caution so necessary�察�namely�察�the repetition of the same form�察�

slightly modified�察�in totally different animals�察�sometimes as if to                      avoid 

waste�察。�for why should not the same conception be used in two                        different 

cases�察�if it   will suit   in   both�殖�  and sometimes   ��more          marvellous   by  far�� 

when an organ�察�fully developed and useful in one                     species�察�appears in a 

cognate      species    but   feeble�察   �useless�察  �and�察   �as   it   were�察   �abortive�察   �and 

gradually�察  �in   species   still   farther   removed�察     �dies   out   altogether�察  �placed 

there�察�it would seem�察�at first sight�察         �merely to keep up the family likeness。 

I am half jesting�察�that        cannot be the only reason�察�perhaps not the reason 

at   all�察  �but   the fact   is   one   of   the   most   curious�察  �and   notorious   also�察  �in 

comparative        anatomy。 

     Look�察  �again�察  �at   those   sea´slugs。     One�察  �some   three   inches   long�察  �of   a 

bright lemon´yellow�察�clouded with purple�察�another of a dingy grey�察                       。�16�� 

another exquisite little creature of a pearly French White�察                 。�17�� furred all 

over the back with what seem arms�察�but are really                   gills�察�of ringed white 

and grey and black。          Put that yellow one         into water�察�and from his head�察�

above the eyes�察�arise two serrated             horns�察�while from the after´part of his 

back     springs    a  circular    Prince´of´Wales's´feather          of   gills�察  �  they   are 

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