Nodoubttheymayinferthatasyougivemorespacetomyself，Wallace，andHooker，thantoLamarck，youthinkmoreofus。ButIhadalwaysthoughtthatyourjudgmentwouldhavebeenanepochinthesubject。Allthatisoverwithme，andIwillonlythinkontheadmirableskillwithwhichyouhaveselectedthestrikingpoints，andexplainedthem。Nopraisecanbetoostrong，inmyopinion，fortheinimitablechapteronlanguageincomparisonwithspecies。
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