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St. George Jackson Mivart was an English scientist who originally held ideas similar to Darwin’s but who went on to became one of Darwin’s most vocal critics. Out of all the critics that Darwin replies to in The Origin of Species, Mivart is one of the ones who gets the most words devoted to him. Darwin seems to believe that there are merit to Mivart’s ideas but nevertheless, Darwin ultimately uses the objections of critics like Mivart as a way to bolster his own arguments.
St. George Jackson Mivart Quotes in The Origin of Species
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Chapter 7
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All Mr. Mivart’s objections will be, or have been, considered in the present volume. The one new point which appears to have struck many readers is, “That natural selection is incompetent to account for the incipient stages of useful structures.” This subject is intimately connected with that of the gradation of the characters, often accompanied by a change of function, for instance, the conversion of a swim-bladder into lungs, points which were discussed in the last chapter under two headings. Nevertheless, I will here consider in some detail several of the cases advanced by Mr. Mivart, selecting those which are the most illustrative, as want of space prevents me from considering all.
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St. George Jackson Mivart Quotes in The Origin of Species
The The Origin of Species quotes below are all either spoken by St. George Jackson Mivart or refer to St. George Jackson Mivart. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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All Mr. Mivart’s objections will be, or have been, considered in the present volume. The one new point which appears to have struck many readers is, “That natural selection is incompetent to account for the incipient stages of useful structures.” This subject is intimately connected with that of the gradation of the characters, often accompanied by a change of function, for instance, the conversion of a swim-bladder into lungs, points which were discussed in the last chapter under two headings. Nevertheless, I will here consider in some detail several of the cases advanced by Mr. Mivart, selecting those which are the most illustrative, as want of space prevents me from considering all.
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