On the genesis of speciesD. Appleton and Company, 1871 - 314 стор. |
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... present that aspect and character with which it has issued from the hands of those writers . Neither , most certainly , will that solution agree in ap- pearance or substance with the more or less crude concep- tions which have been put ...
... present that aspect and character with which it has issued from the hands of those writers . Neither , most certainly , will that solution agree in ap- pearance or substance with the more or less crude concep- tions which have been put ...
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... present work . This aim it is hoped to attain , not by shirking difficulties , but analyzing them , and by endeavoring to dig down to the common root which supports and unites diverging stems of truth . It cannot but be a gain when the ...
... present work . This aim it is hoped to attain , not by shirking difficulties , but analyzing them , and by endeavoring to dig down to the common root which supports and unites diverging stems of truth . It cannot but be a gain when the ...
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... present moment exceedingly desirable , yet the actual importance of the question itself as to its conse- quences in the domain of theology has been strangely exag- gerated by many , both of its opponents and supporters . This is ...
... present moment exceedingly desirable , yet the actual importance of the question itself as to its conse- quences in the domain of theology has been strangely exag- gerated by many , both of its opponents and supporters . This is ...
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... present minute variations of any kind and in any direction . Past time has been practically infinite . Every individual has to endure a very severe struggle for existence , owing to the tendency to geometrical increase of all kinds of ...
... present minute variations of any kind and in any direction . Past time has been practically infinite . Every individual has to endure a very severe struggle for existence , owing to the tendency to geometrical increase of all kinds of ...
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... present inhabitants of different parts of the earth's surface . Thus in Australia remains have been found of creatures closely allied to kangaroos and other kinds of pouched beasts , which in the present day exist nowhere but in the ...
... present inhabitants of different parts of the earth's surface . Thus in Australia remains have been found of creatures closely allied to kangaroos and other kinds of pouched beasts , which in the present day exist nowhere but in the ...
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5th edit action of Natural acts admit affinity Animals and Plants annelids apes appear assertion atoms beauty believe BIRD OF PARADISE birds body bones butterflies cause Cetacea chapter color complete conceivable conception considerable contended creation creatures Crustacea Darwin Darwinian Darwinian theory degree derived difficulty direct distinct evidence evolution evolved existence explain external facts favor fishes force fortuitous gemmules habits harmony Herbert Spencer homology Huxley Ibid ICHTHYOSAURUS indefinite individual innate power insects instances internal intuitions kind laws less limbs machairodus Malay Archipelago mammals manifestation marsupial matter means minute mode modifications moral Natural Selection objections observed Origin of Species Pangenesis peculiar phenomena Plants under Domestication PLESIOSAURUS possessed present preserved principle priori probably produced Prof pterodactyls race reason regard remarkable reptiles resemblance result says seems serial homology Silurian similar structure supposed tend tendency theism theory of Natural tion true Ungulata variations vertebrate Wallace wing
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Сторінка 255 - 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 202 - In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
Сторінка 262 - Thus the consciousness of an Inscrutable Power manifested to us through all phenomena, has been growing ever clearer ; and must eventually be freed from its imperfections. The certainty that on the one hand such a Power exists, while on the other hand its nature transcends intuition and is beyond imagination, is the certainty towards which intelligence has from the first been progressing.
Сторінка 72 - The justice of these remarks cannot I think be disputed. If, for instance, a bird of some kind could procure its food more easily by having its beak curved, and if one were born with its beak strongly curved, and which consequently flourished, nevertheless there would be a very poor chance of this one individual perpetuating its kind to the exclusion of the common form...
Сторінка 217 - I believe that the experiences of utility organized and consolidated through all past generations of the human race, have been producing corresponding nervous modifications, which, by continued transmission and accumulation, have become in us certain faculties of moral intuition — certain emotions responding to right and wrong conduct, which have no apparent basis in the individual experiences of utility.
Сторінка 208 - I will call no being good, who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow-creatures ; and if such a being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go.
Сторінка 285 - Plato and Demosthenes, Aristotle and Isocrates, might have respectively excelled in each other's province, but that each was absorbed in his own; his words are emphatic ; "quorum uterque, suo studio delectatus, contemsit alterum.
Сторінка 36 - IF IT could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.
Сторінка 113 - English greyhounds of the best breed, to hunt the hares which abound in that country. The great platform which is the scene of sport is at an elevation of about...