The Foundations of the Origin of Species / Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844

by Charles Darwin

[{488}] Ibid.

[{489}] This argument occurs in Origin, Ed. i. p. 451, vi. p. 619.

[{490}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 451, vi. p. 619, on male mammæ. In the Origin he speaks certainly of the abortive mammæ of the cow giving milk,—a point which is here queried.

[{491}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 451, vi. p. 620.

[{492}] The case of rudimentary organs adapted to new purposes is discussed in the Origin, Ed. i. p. 451, vi. p. 620.

[{493}] This is here stated on the authority of Sprengel; see also Origin, Ed. i. p. 452, vi. p. 621.

[{494}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 455, vi. p. 627. In the margin R. Brown's name is given apparently as the authority for the fact.

[{495}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 455, vi. p. 626.

[{496}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 454, vi. p. 625.

[{497}] In the Origin, Ed. i. p. 454, vi. p. 625, the author in referring to semi-monstrous variations adds “But I doubt whether any of these cases throw light on the origin of rudimentary organs in a state of nature.” In 1844 he was clearly more inclined to an opposite opinion.