Followed by the more perfect Vertebrated aquatic animals, 8. Fishes and Sharks, 9. Snakes and reptiles; lastly, 10. Seals and whales.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque
It is the lower jaw that moves, as in other Vertebrated animals; but the appearance I have described leads to the mistake that has been made by careless observers.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid
The eye of a Vertebrated animal, for instance, exhibits as much apparent design as does a watch; but no one-at the present day, at least-will undertake to affirm that the evidence of divine thought furnished by one example is as conclusive as is the evidence of human thought furnished by the other-and this even assuming a Deity to exist.
"A Candid Examination of Theism"
George John Romanes