 As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Cambrian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world.  Quarterly Journal of Science - Сторінка 7271884Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1895 - 692 стор.
...was generally held by the earlier geologists. " As all the living forms of life," says Mr Darwin, " are the lineal descendants of those which lived long...epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession of generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world " (Origin... | |
 | John Phillips - 1860 - 262 стор.
...the living forms of life are the lineal de 1 scendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world. Hence we may look with some confidence to a secure... | |
 | John Phillips - 1860 - 280 стор.
...have descended from some one primordial form into which life was first breathed. ' As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been... | |
 | 1860 - 390 стор.
...change would be "millions of millions of ages." And he adds, in his concluding chapter, That " as all forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never been once... | |
 | 1860 - 966 стор.
...power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man* and his " As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once Wn broken,... | |
 | 1860 - 982 стор.
...yet they are all ' the lineal descendants of those which lived before the Silurian epoch ; and one may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world. Hence, we may look with some confidence to a secure... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 стор.
...dominant groups, wThich will ultimately prevail and procreate new and dominant species. As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1861 - 516 стор.
...action of natural selection, entailing extinction and divergence of character. . . . As all living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never even been... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 стор.
...dominant groups, which will ultimately prevail and procreate new and dominant species. As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, •we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been... | |
 | 1869 - 488 стор.
...considers. Near the close of his original work, Mr. Darwin thus expresses himself: "As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been... | |
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