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On the nature of limbs. : [Supplementary material in Charles Darwin's copy]
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Year
1849
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Cambridge University Library
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JISC & NEH
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mentioned on [only volume] End Note 2
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⇑lines 9—8 underline "essentiality ... form"
⇑lines 2—1 underline "Primal ... for"
from End Slip annotation 2.    The primal pattern of all the modifications of a part
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mentioned on [only volume] End Note 2
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from End Slip annotation 9. Man does not trammel himself in his inventions by any common type
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from End Slip annotation 10 Final causes not sole governing principle 14, 37
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from End Slip annotation 13 Capital comparison of hand of Mole, Bat & Fin    ￭
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from End Slip annotation 13 Capital comparison of hand of Mole, Bat & Fin    ￭
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from End Slip annotation 33 In Elk rudimentary hoofs of use in marshy ground    ￭
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from End Slip annotation 35 Abortion of one toe variable in Ourang
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from End Slip annotation 39 a desire to ascend to cause of Homologies
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from End Slip annotation 40 On Head of Human foetus formed of pieces for parturition not applicable. to Chick
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line 22 underline "lepidosiren"
lines 9—23 annotation In all these cases th tibia & fibula, shows that thy are simple by abortion & it is rash to argue from, abut original simplicity of limb—
from End Slip annotation 45. Horses legs & Lepidosiren good contrast of simplicity frm abortion & original
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lines 13—25 annotation apparenly aboriginal simplicity.
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from End Slip annotation 45 Only rudiment of Pelvis in Whales — 78 rudimental limbs in Boa
bottom-margin annotation The contrast between the 8 almost singly serial bones of Horses leg. (p 8) & appendage of Lepidosiren good instance of ‹real› rudimentary & primeval «or transitory» stage
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lines 17—18 underline "osseous fishes"
lines 17—21 annotation What is relation in Sharks ?
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from End Slip annotation 45 Only rudiment of Pelvis in Whales — 78 rudimental limbs in Boa
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from End Slip annotation 82 Lepidosiren realises nearly ideal Archetype (see my remarks at end of volume)
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from End Slip annotation 84. Some think falsely «(I agree)» that conformity of plan is opposed to idea of design.
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from End Slip annotation 86    Alludes in grandiloquent sentence to some law governig progression, guided by archetypal light — &c.—
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from End Slip annotation 99    Vertebrae of head & thorax first developed
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from End Slip annotation 115 Rudimental tail proportionally longer in embryo man, than subsequently.
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