Directions: In the following question some statements have been provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. In this, as in many similar instances, we see the beneficial influence of extensive travel in freeing mind of Darwin from prevailing prejudices. B. It was this widening of experience which rendered him so especially qualified to deal with the great problem of the origin of species. C. And in doing so he emancipated himself from ideas which were received with unquestioning faith by geologists whose studies had been circumscribed within the limits of Western Europe. D. In opposition to prevalent views on this subject, Darwin points out that his observations are opposed to the conclusion that a higher temperature prevailed universally over the globe during early geological periods. E. He argues that "the causes which gave to the older tertiary productions of the quite temperate zones of Europe a tropical character, were of a local character and did not affect the whole globe."