'Nothing in size, but a good deal in signification, ' said the other, a man of brighter mind and manners.
“尺寸不大,但意义重大,”另一个头脑举止更聪明的人说。
The terms used by naturalists, of affinity, relationship, community of type, paternity, morphology, adaptive characters, rudimentary and aborted organs, etc., will cease to be metaphorical and will have a plain signification.
博物学家使用的亲力、 关系、 共同类型、 亲子关系、形态学、 适应性特征、 发育不全堕落的器官等术语将不再是隐喻性的, 而将具有明确的含义。