However broken the geological record may be, there is a complete sequence in many parts of it, from which the character of the succession may be ascertained.” On what basis did he make this claim? “Since the most exquisitely delicate structures, as well as embryonic phases of growth of the most perishable nature, have been preserved from very early deposits, we have no right to infer the disappearance of types because their absence disproves some favorite [i.e., Darwinian] theory.”25
