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In chapter 8 I’ll look at instincts, the way an animal behaves
The way a pointer points and some ants have the habit of keeping slaves
The way a cuckoo tends to lay its eggs in the nest of another bird
And I’ll conclude that instinct, just like corporeal structure, can and will selectively be transferred

In 9, I’ll do reciprocal dimorphic hybridism
And ask, 'Would God, however odd, conceive of such a system?'
In 10, the lack of evidence from the fossils we've collected,
And ask, 'On such a tumultuous planet, can a perfect geological record be expected?'

In 11, I’ll look at evidence from the fossils that I'm right
In 12, the way that species diverge - by land, by sea, by flight
In 13, the way they get to islands and other places remote
And in 14 I’ll do embryology, morphology, and every other ology that float my figurative boat

And lastly comes my recapitulation and conclusion
Which sets things straight and clears up any areas of confusion
And I’ll say that a revolutionary evolutionary must have patience
For although contemporary thinkers may find it hard to overturn their ingrained notions of creationism, I must put my trust in the impartiality of future generations!

And that’s you lot!

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from The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Survival of (R​)​Evolutionary Theories in the face of Scientific and Ecclesiastical Objections: being a Musical Comedy about Charles Darwin (1809​-​1882), released September 1, 2009

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