Thus the scale of American feeling towards England, while its gradations are of course infinite, may be divided into three main sections.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
We infer from this that "my theory" is the theory "that species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations"-that is to say, that it is the theory of descent with modification; for the theory that is being objected to is obviously the theory of descent in toto, and not a mere detail in connection with that theory.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
My father looked a little surprised, and did not answer immediately, and I continued,- "She was always, as far as I remember, a girl who could look exceedingly pretty and positively plain, and all the intermediate gradations, within twenty-four hours, but really," I added, meeting his eyes across the breakfast table, and the full blaze of the sunlight falling into my own, "to me, in any one of them, she is equally"- I hesitated a second, and he put in- "Attractive?"
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross