\"Inhismostrecentwork’OntheOriginofSpecies，’althoughopinionsmaybedividedorundecidedwithrespecttoitsmeritsinsomerespects，allwillallowthatitcontainsamassofobservationsbearinguponthehabits，structure，affinities，anddistributionofanimals，perhapsunrivalledforinterest，minuteness，andpatienceofobservation。Someamongstusmayperhapsinclinetoacceptthetheoryindicatedbythetitleofthiswork，whileothersmayperhapsinclinetorefuse，oratleasttoremitittoafuturetime，whenincreasedknowledgeshallaffordstrongergroundsforitsultimateacceptanceorrejection。Speakinggenerallyandcollectively，wehaveexpresslyomitteditfromthegroundsofouraward。\"
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vol。ii。page384），\"IsaidIhadbeenforcedtogiveupmyoldfaithwithoutthoroughlyseeingmywaytoanewone。ButIthinkyouwouldhavebeensatisfiedwiththelengthIwent。\"]
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