Every individual, whatever its species or order, begins and increases until it attains to its state of fullest development, under certain fixed laws, and in consequence of their operation.


The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness, The Development Hypothesis, and Its Consequences (p. 37), Gould & Lincoln. 1868


Every individual, whatever its species or order, begins and increases until it attains to its state of fullest development, under certain fixed laws, ...

Every individual, whatever its species or order, begins and increases until it attains to its state of fullest development, under certain fixed laws, ...

Every individual, whatever its species or order, begins and increases until it attains to its state of fullest development, under certain fixed laws, ...

Every individual, whatever its species or order, begins and increases until it attains to its state of fullest development, under certain fixed laws, ...