Mr. Darwin says:- "In considering the origin of species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of organic beings, on their Embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended like varieties from other species."
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
Sensation and consciousness,-origin of, 67 Snakes, Embryological features, 194 Species, on evolutionary principles must each derive from a single origin, 210; isolation of, 211; and genera, 244 n.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
Moreover, he summed up strongly against the suggestion that there was any parallel between the succession of life in the past and the forms assumed by modern animals in their Embryological development.
"Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work"
P. Chalmers Mitchell