Our Heredity from God: Consisting of Lectures on EvolutionAppleton, 1887 - Всего страниц: 423 |
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... color and milking qualities . This variation man assumes to control , and largely does control , creating to suit his purposes animals or plants at will . If he wants speed , he breeds for that end ; if flesh , he selects in that ...
... color and milking qualities . This variation man assumes to control , and largely does control , creating to suit his purposes animals or plants at will . If he wants speed , he breeds for that end ; if flesh , he selects in that ...
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... color , form , growth , and other characteristics . But I can not stop the variation . The tendencies that were fixed are now broken up , and the tendency to vary is estab- lished . Those which show excellencies worth preserving can not ...
... color , form , growth , and other characteristics . But I can not stop the variation . The tendencies that were fixed are now broken up , and the tendency to vary is estab- lished . Those which show excellencies worth preserving can not ...
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... color to their surroundings will be most sure to escape their enemies and propagate their families . Did you ever find a bobolink's nest ? If you have , you know how exactly the little lady fits to the nest and its surroundings in color ...
... color to their surroundings will be most sure to escape their enemies and propagate their families . Did you ever find a bobolink's nest ? If you have , you know how exactly the little lady fits to the nest and its surroundings in color ...
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... color of male birds that are preyed on is deter- mined by the very different law of sexual selection . Com- paratively safe from enemies , the male that is most beautiful is most likely to secure a partner and establish the tendency to ...
... color of male birds that are preyed on is deter- mined by the very different law of sexual selection . Com- paratively safe from enemies , the male that is most beautiful is most likely to secure a partner and establish the tendency to ...
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... color it is to ordinary observation a real leaf . Perhaps you have hunted for a tree - toad when sending out his loud notes persistently , yet found it exceed- ingly difficult to locate him . If you get your eyes on him , unless ...
... color it is to ordinary observation a real leaf . Perhaps you have hunted for a tree - toad when sending out his loud notes persistently , yet found it exceed- ingly difficult to locate him . If you get your eyes on him , unless ...
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Our Heredity from God: Consisting of Lectures on Evolution Edward Payson Powell Полный просмотр - 1887 |
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absolute adapt altruism ammonite amoeba animal anthropoid automatic become biped birds body brain cause cell cerebrum civilization co-operation common conception condylarthra consciousness created creatures Darwin degeneration direction divine eggs energy environments ERNST HAECKEL Essenes established eternal ethical evolution evolved existence extra-natural fact force forms functions golden rule heredity higher hope horse human idea individual infinite inherited insects instinct intellectual intelligent involved Jesus JOSEPH LE CONTE kingdom lancelet LECTURE lemurs life-stuff living lower mammals marsupials ment millions mind moral Nature nerves never organic origin pass perfect physical plants possible primitive primordial cell progress protoplasm psychical purpose quadrupeds races reached reason relations religion sensation sentience social sort soul species structure struggle Supreme tendency theology things thousand tion to-day true uncon unconscious unity universe vast vegetable vertebrates whole wholly worship
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Стр. 391 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Стр. 392 - And he, shall he, Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law — Tho...
Стр. 391 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Стр. 391 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Стр. 144 - God of the granite and the rose ! Soul of the sparrow and the bee ! The mighty tide of being flows, Through countless channels, Lord, from thee. " It leaps to life in grass and flowers, Through every grade of being runs ; Till, from creation's radiant towers, Its glory flames in stars and suns.
Стр. 405 - The truly honest man, here and there to be found, is not only without thought of legal, religious, or social compulsion, when he discharges an equitable claim on him ; but he is without thought of self-compulsion. He does the right thing with a simple feeling of satisfaction in doing it ; and is, indeed, impatient if anything prevents him from having the satisfaction of doing it.