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PROPOSE to consider the relations of palæonto logy to the other natural sciences, especially the biological; to discuss its particular contribution to biological thought; and to inquire whether its facts justify certain hypotheses frequently put forward in its name. If I subject those attractive speculations to cold analysis, it is from no want of admiration, or even sympathy, for in younger days I too have sported with Vitalism in the shade and been caught in the tangles of Transcendental hair.
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BATHER, F. Fossils and Life*. Nature 106, 161–164 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106161a0
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