Darwinism and Design; Or, Creation by EvolutionHodder and Stoughton, 1873 - Всего страниц: 259 |
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... Cause of Variations , 87 A. Inward Forces must balance Outward Forces ,. 93 B. Outward Forces constantly vary , 98 § 3. The Evolution of Organic Matter , 103 CHAPTER V. EVOLUTION THE METHOD OF CREATION , 107 CONTENTS . xi CHAPTER VI ...
... Cause of Variations , 87 A. Inward Forces must balance Outward Forces ,. 93 B. Outward Forces constantly vary , 98 § 3. The Evolution of Organic Matter , 103 CHAPTER V. EVOLUTION THE METHOD OF CREATION , 107 CONTENTS . xi CHAPTER VI ...
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... cause for the present form and position of each , and a cause of that cause ; that every effect has its cause . It is difficult to see why 1 Principles of Biology , i . 234 . 2 Variation of Animals and Plants , ii . 432 . 3 Huxley , in ...
... cause for the present form and position of each , and a cause of that cause ; that every effect has its cause . It is difficult to see why 1 Principles of Biology , i . 234 . 2 Variation of Animals and Plants , ii . 432 . 3 Huxley , in ...
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... cause and effect was not known to be so limitless in space and in time . As the first step in our argument , it may be well to show that the sway of natural law , or the rule that every event has a natural cause or causes , does not ...
... cause and effect was not known to be so limitless in space and in time . As the first step in our argument , it may be well to show that the sway of natural law , or the rule that every event has a natural cause or causes , does not ...
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... cause the evaporation of water ) , the difference being chiefly one of degree , though the sun is the originator of a series of phenomena , and the glowing coal has its place in the series . It seems fair to infer from this , that the ...
... cause the evaporation of water ) , the difference being chiefly one of degree , though the sun is the originator of a series of phenomena , and the glowing coal has its place in the series . It seems fair to infer from this , that the ...
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... causes unbroken . If the Will be Supreme , by which we mean , if it be the will of an Infinite Intelligence , all the relations and possibilities of things will be seen at a glance ; the impossible will never be attempted ; the possible ...
... causes unbroken . If the Will be Supreme , by which we mean , if it be the will of an Infinite Intelligence , all the relations and possibilities of things will be seen at a glance ; the impossible will never be attempted ; the possible ...
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Стр. 125 - 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. 87 - We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world.
Стр. 130 - When we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension; when we regard every production of nature as one which has had a long history...
Стр. 108 - Nothing at first can appear more difficult to believe than that the more complex organs and instincts should have been perfected, not by means superior to, though analogous with human reason, but by the accumulation of innumerable slight variations, each good for the individual possessor.
Стр. 128 - 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. "When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Silurian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled.
Стр. 84 - I may be allowed to personify the natural preservation or survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life. Man selects only for his own good : Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
Стр. 143 - Von Baer found that in its earliest stage, every organism has the greatest number of characters in common with all other organisms in their earliest stages ; that at a stage somewhat later, its structure is like the structures displayed at corresponding phases by a less extensive multitude of organisms ; that at each subsequent stage, traits are acquired which successively distinguish the developing embryo from groups of embryos that it previously resembled — thus step by step diminishing the...
Стр. 112 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Стр. 181 - ... each annually scattering its seeds by the thousand ; what war between insect and insect — between insects, snails, and other animals with birds and beasts of prey — all striving to increase...
Стр. 244 - We hardly use the word ought in a metaphorical sense when we say hounds ought to hunt, pointers to point, and retrievers to retrieve their game.