On a Supposed Law of Metazoan Development

Abstract

UNDER the title of “The Relations of Larvæ to Adult Forms,” I recently read a paper before Section D at the Edinburgh meeting of the British Association. The subject dealt with was of so extensive a nature, and the time available was so limited, that I fear much that was said must have appeared vague and ill-founded, if not entirely incomprehensible. The material of the essay had, indeed, been prepared with the intention of devoting at least an hour to its delivery: as it happened, I found myself under the necessity of cutting out whole passages of my notes whilst speaking.