Charles Darwin: Memorial Notices Reprinted from "Nature."Macmillan, 1882 - Всего страниц: 82 |
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... miles , that the elevation had been unequal , reaching in some places at least to as much as 1,300 feet , that in one instance , at a height of 85 feet above the sea , undoubted traces of the presence of man occurred in a C 2 GEOLOGY . 19.
... miles , that the elevation had been unequal , reaching in some places at least to as much as 1,300 feet , that in one instance , at a height of 85 feet above the sea , undoubted traces of the presence of man occurred in a C 2 GEOLOGY . 19.
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... occurred in a raised beach , and hence that the land had there risen 85 feet since Indian man had in- habited Peru . These proofs of recent elevation may have influenced him in the conclusion which he drew as to the marine origin of the ...
... occurred in a raised beach , and hence that the land had there risen 85 feet since Indian man had in- habited Peru . These proofs of recent elevation may have influenced him in the conclusion which he drew as to the marine origin of the ...
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... occurred presented conditions so similar that they favoured the creation of similar organisms . But this failed to account for representation occurring in the far more numerous cases where there is no discoverable similarity of physical ...
... occurred presented conditions so similar that they favoured the creation of similar organisms . But this failed to account for representation occurring in the far more numerous cases where there is no discoverable similarity of physical ...
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... occurred to other minds - in two or three in- stances with all the force of full conviction - it is no less certainly the case that the idea proved barren . Why did it prove so ? Because it had never before been fertilised by the idea ...
... occurred to other minds - in two or three in- stances with all the force of full conviction - it is no less certainly the case that the idea proved barren . Why did it prove so ? Because it had never before been fertilised by the idea ...
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... occurred to Mr. Darwin should have occurred to no one else , with the single excep- tion of Mr. Wallace . The fact that it did not do so is most fortunate in two respects - first , because it gave Mr. Darwin the opportunity of pondering ...
... occurred to Mr. Darwin should have occurred to no one else , with the single excep- tion of Mr. Wallace . The fact that it did not do so is most fortunate in two respects - first , because it gave Mr. Darwin the opportunity of pondering ...
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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.