Charles Darwin: Memorial Notices Reprinted from "Nature."Macmillan, 1882 - Всего страниц: 82 |
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... appearance of the Origin of Species in 1859 that the full import of his reflections was per- ceived . His chapter on the " Imperfection of the Geological Record " startled geologists as from a profound slumber GEOLOGY . 23.
... appearance of the Origin of Species in 1859 that the full import of his reflections was per- ceived . His chapter on the " Imperfection of the Geological Record " startled geologists as from a profound slumber GEOLOGY . 23.
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... appearance of that famous chapter the general body of geolo- gists was blissfully unconscious of the essentially fragmentary character of the geological record . Darwin showed why this must necessarily be the case ; how multitudes of ...
... appearance of that famous chapter the general body of geolo- gists was blissfully unconscious of the essentially fragmentary character of the geological record . Darwin showed why this must necessarily be the case ; how multitudes of ...
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... off everywhere by the first appearance and final disappearance of certain species . The boldness with which Darwin challenged some of these long - rooted beliefs is not less conspicuous than the modesty and deference GEOLOGY . 25.
... off everywhere by the first appearance and final disappearance of certain species . The boldness with which Darwin challenged some of these long - rooted beliefs is not less conspicuous than the modesty and deference GEOLOGY . 25.
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... appearance of new beings on this earth . " Next in order of time we have to notice the Monograph of the Cirripedia . This immensely elaborate work was published by the Ray Society in two volumes , comprising together over 1,000 large ...
... appearance of new beings on this earth . " Next in order of time we have to notice the Monograph of the Cirripedia . This immensely elaborate work was published by the Ray Society in two volumes , comprising together over 1,000 large ...
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... appearance and structure ; secondly , the four or five free , boat - shaped larvæ , with their curious pre- hensile antennæ , two great compound eyes , no mouth , and six natatory legs ; and lastly , several hundreds of the larvæ , in ...
... appearance and structure ; secondly , the four or five free , boat - shaped larvæ , with their curious pre- hensile antennæ , two great compound eyes , no mouth , and six natatory legs ; and lastly , several hundreds of the larvæ , in ...
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Стр. 64 - 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.
Стр. 4 - And native growth of noble mind ; Nor ever narrowness or spite, Or villain fancy fleeting by, Drew in the expression of an eye, Where God and Nature met in light...
Стр. 48 - The natural history of these islands (of the Galapagos Archipelago) is eminently curious, and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are Aboriginal creations, found nowhere else ; there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands ; yet all show a marked relationship with those of America, though separated from that continent by an open space of ocean, between 500 and 600 miles in width.
Стр. vi - And all the shows o' the world, are frail and vain To weep a loss that turns their lights to shade. It is a woe 'too deep for tears' when all Is reft at once, when some surpassing Spirit, Whose light adorned the world around it, leaves Those who remain behind, not...
Стр. 61 - ... the summing up of the labour, the experience, the reason, and even the blunders of numerous workmen; when we thus view each organic being, how far more interesting — I speak from experience — does the study of natural history become!
Стр. 64 - To my mind it accords better with what we know of the laws impressed on matter by the Creator, that the production and extinction of the past and present inhabitants of the world should have been due to secondary causes, like those determining the birth and death of the individual.
Стр. 49 - ... range. Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lavastreams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that fact — that mystery of mysteries — the first appearance of new beings on this earth.
Стр. 49 - Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact — that mystery of mysteries — the first appearance of new beings on this earth.