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... present draw any very probable conclusion from these phenomena as to the true physical constitution of the sun itself . The only fairly - sustained conjec- ture as to the nature of the spots yet hazarded is , that they are the ...
... present draw any very probable conclusion from these phenomena as to the true physical constitution of the sun itself . The only fairly - sustained conjec- ture as to the nature of the spots yet hazarded is , that they are the ...
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... present placed upon this doc trine . Amongst organic beings , man , it has been held , is of recent origin . Between six and seven thousand years ago his superior organization made its appearance on the globe after an indefinite series ...
... present placed upon this doc trine . Amongst organic beings , man , it has been held , is of recent origin . Between six and seven thousand years ago his superior organization made its appearance on the globe after an indefinite series ...
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... present live oak platform . ” Existing trees , he maintains , show that the development occurred in this order . It is , then , supposed that the elevation has taken place at about five inches in a century , that being the most rapid ...
... present live oak platform . ” Existing trees , he maintains , show that the development occurred in this order . It is , then , supposed that the elevation has taken place at about five inches in a century , that being the most rapid ...
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... present time , with upwards of 4,000 Examination Questions , by Edward Farr . 12mo , cloth , 58. T. J. Allman . Shadow Land : a Story with a Purpose . By the Author of Philip Paternoster Cr . Svo , cloth , 10s . 6d . Hope . Shepherd and ...
... present time , with upwards of 4,000 Examination Questions , by Edward Farr . 12mo , cloth , 58. T. J. Allman . Shadow Land : a Story with a Purpose . By the Author of Philip Paternoster Cr . Svo , cloth , 10s . 6d . Hope . Shepherd and ...
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... present author or editor . It ( the Geography for Beginners ) is an admirable intro- Cornwell has shown himself possessed of that rare combination of faculties which is required for the task . " - John Bull . year a superbly Illustrated ...
... present author or editor . It ( the Geography for Beginners ) is an admirable intro- Cornwell has shown himself possessed of that rare combination of faculties which is required for the task . " - John Bull . year a superbly Illustrated ...
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Сторінка 1 - I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
Сторінка 7 - 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 6 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by Reproduction ; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...
Сторінка 7 - Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide.
Сторінка 14 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Сторінка 29 - Seeva laid wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris : I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis and the crocodile trembled at.
Сторінка 7 - It is satisfactory, as showing how transient such impressions are, to remember that the greatest discovery ever made by man, namely, the law of the attraction of gravity, was also attacked by Leibnitz, "as subversive of natural, and inferentially of revealed, religion.
Сторінка 29 - Deeper than ever plummet sounded," I lay inactive. Then, like a chorus, the passion deepened. Some greater interest was at stake ; some mightier cause than ever yet the sword had pleaded, or trumpet had proclaimed. Then came sudden alarms ; hurryings to and fro ; trepidations of innumerable fugitives.
Сторінка 29 - ... heartbreaking partings, and then — everlasting farewells! and, with a sigh such as the caves of hell sighed when the incestuous mother uttered the abhorred name of Death, the sound was reverberated — everlasting farewells! and again, and yet again reverberated — everlasting farewells! And I awoke in struggles, and cried aloud, "I will sleep no more!
Сторінка 11 - Their Superiority in the ART of LANDSCAPE PAINTING to all the Ancient Masters, proved by examples of the True, the Beautiful, and the Intellectual, from the Works of Modern Artists, especially from those of JM Turner, Esq., RA By a GRADUATE of OXFORD.