There would indeed be force in Mr. Mivart's objection, if we were to attempt to account for the above resemblances, independently of natural selection, through mere fluctuating variability; but as the case stands there is none.

如果我们试图独立于自然选择， 仅通过波动的可变性来解释上述相似性， 那么 Mivart 先生的反对意见确实有说服力；但就目前情况而言， 没有。

If Morris had been her son, she would certainly have sacrificed Catherine to a superior conception of his future; and to be ready to do so as the case stood was therefore even a finer degree of devotion.

如果莫里斯是她的儿子，她肯定会牺牲凯瑟琳，换取对他未来的优越感。因此，在这种情况下随时准备这样做是一种更好的奉献精神。