The Scientific Evidences of Organic EvolutionMacmillan and Company, 1882 - 88 стор. |
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... objection which is often urged by minds -even highly cultured minds - which have not been accustomed to scientific modes of thought . I have heard an eminent professor tell his class that the many instances of adaptation which Mr ...
... objection which is often urged by minds -even highly cultured minds - which have not been accustomed to scientific modes of thought . I have heard an eminent professor tell his class that the many instances of adaptation which Mr ...
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... objection to the statement that the movements of the planets afford as good evidence of the influence of guiding angels as they do of the influence of gravitation . So much , then , for the absurdly illogical position 10 THE SCIENTIFIC ...
... objection to the statement that the movements of the planets afford as good evidence of the influence of guiding angels as they do of the influence of gravitation . So much , then , for the absurdly illogical position 10 THE SCIENTIFIC ...
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... objection is no longer the one that we are considering . It is quite another objection , and one which is not prima facie absurd ; it requires to be met by examining how far the theory of natural selection is able to explain the facts ...
... objection is no longer the one that we are considering . It is quite another objection , and one which is not prima facie absurd ; it requires to be met by examining how far the theory of natural selection is able to explain the facts ...
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... objection , however , Mr. Darwin clearly showed , in his reply , that in no one anatomical feature of typical importance do the two structures resemble one another ; so that in point of fact the two organs do not resemble one another in ...
... objection , however , Mr. Darwin clearly showed , in his reply , that in no one anatomical feature of typical importance do the two structures resemble one another ; so that in point of fact the two organs do not resemble one another in ...
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... objection from dignity appear to forget one all - important point , viz . , that whether or not the monkey is the parent of the man , the man is certainly made in every way to look like a child of the monkey . For it is a matter of ...
... objection from dignity appear to forget one all - important point , viz . , that whether or not the monkey is the parent of the man , the man is certainly made in every way to look like a child of the monkey . For it is a matter of ...
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able adaptive modification adduced anatomical feature apes appear aquatic argument from geology atavus become branches branchiæ cause classification crocodile Darwin Deity descent with adaptive design manifested doctrine of evolution embryology evidence in favour fact favour of organic fication fish five toes fossil species frogs Galapagos Archipelago genera geological hereditary descent highly organised horse hypothesis ideal type instance instincts intelligent design limbs lines of evidence logical mammals natural selection natural theologians newts numberless observed oceanic islands organic evolution organic nature organic types Origin of Species palæontology plants and animals porpoise present quadrumana quadrupeds inhabiting reason resemble rudi rudiment rudimentary salamanders scientific scientific classification special creation theory special creationists special design specially created species of plants specific type supernatural design suppose teleology theory of descent theory of design theory of evolution theory of natural tion transmutation of species typical structures vertebrata vertebrate whale whole
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Сторінка 88 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка 76 - ... conceivable supposition that every species of Rhinoceros and every species of Hyaena, in the long succession of forms between the Miocene and the present species, was separately constructed out of dust, or out of nothing, by supernatural power; but until I receive distinct evidence of the fact, I refuse to run the risk of insulting any sane man by supposing that he seriously holds such a notion.
Сторінка 61 - as the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our own ; and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maori disappear before the white man himself.
Сторінка 49 - A second great fact which strikes us in our general review is, that barriers of any kind, or obstacles to free migration, are related in a close and important manner to the differences between the productions of various regions.
Сторінка 39 - Throughout the animal and vegetable kingdoms we constantly meet with organs which are the dwarfed and useless representatives of organs which, in other and allied kinds of animals and plants, are of large size and functional utility. Thus, for instance, the unborn whale has rudimentary teeth, which are never destined to cut the gums ; and we all know that our own rudimentary tail is of no practical service.
Сторінка 3 - That is to say, in every generation of every species a great many more individuals are born than can possibly survive; so that there is in consequence a perpetual battle for life going on among all the constituent individuals of any given generation.
Сторінка 41 - Now, is it a worthy conception of Deity that, while neglecting to maintain his unity of ideal in the case of nearly all the numerous species of snakes, he should have added a tiny rudiment in the case of the Python— and even in that case should have maintained his ideal very inefficiently, inasmuch as only two limbs, instead of four, are represented...
Сторінка 9 - Once admit the glaringly illogical principle that we may assume the operation of higher causes where the operation of lower ones is sufficient to explain the observed phenomena, and all our science and all our philosophy are scattered to the winds. For the Law of Logic which Sir William Hamilton called the Law of Parsimony — or the law which forbids us to assume the operation of higher causes when lower ones are found sufficient to explain the observed effects — this law constitutes the only...
Сторінка 69 - which forms the fulcrum when standing or walking, is perhaps the most characteristic peculiarity, in the human structure ;" but in an embryo, about an inch in length. Prof. Wyman found "that the great toe was shorter than the others ; and, instead of being parallel to them, projected at an angle from the side of the foot, thus corresponding with the permanent condition of this part in the quadrumana.
Сторінка 38 - ... great departure from the typical form — such as the absence of limbs — without some of the other organs in the body being so far modified as of themselves to indicate, on the supposition of descent with modification, that the animal or plant must have been subject to the modifying influences for a long series of generations. And this combined testimony of a number of organs in the same organism is what the theory of descent would lead us to expect, while the rival theory of design can offer...