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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
almost exactly l
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