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ORGANIC EVOLUTION—PHYSICAL
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broken links, the wider the gaps; nevertheless, however numerous the broken links, however wide the gaps, just as it is in general possible to trace with more or less accuracy the descent of the nations, so it is in general possible to trace the descent of species.