Our Heredity from God: Consisting of Lectures on EvolutionAppleton, 1887 - Всего страниц: 423 |
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... instinct and function vary and be- come established as variations . And I , if I comprehend this , will breed my Ayrshires with cattle educated and framed elsewhere ; and , though I may lose somewhat of hardiness and intelligence and ...
... instinct and function vary and be- come established as variations . And I , if I comprehend this , will breed my Ayrshires with cattle educated and framed elsewhere ; and , though I may lose somewhat of hardiness and intelligence and ...
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... instincts of some other ? In other words , would a good being have created a system of universal ravening , where only one out of a million could survive , even briefly , and that one at last fall before natural death ? 2. Would he have ...
... instincts of some other ? In other words , would a good being have created a system of universal ravening , where only one out of a million could survive , even briefly , and that one at last fall before natural death ? 2. Would he have ...
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... instinct , what his ancestors did with great difficulty after years of labor . When Mozart was a boy of eight he was first shown an organ with pedals . The little fellow at once stood up on the pedals , and , treading them , played as ...
... instinct , what his ancestors did with great difficulty after years of labor . When Mozart was a boy of eight he was first shown an organ with pedals . The little fellow at once stood up on the pedals , and , treading them , played as ...
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... instinct of to - day . Our cannibal ancestors gave up their carnivorous feasts with a struggle ; but we are born with a bias and habit for finer feelings . Nor is this all ; were it possible for a babe to be born and to live at some ...
... instinct of to - day . Our cannibal ancestors gave up their carnivorous feasts with a struggle ; but we are born with a bias and habit for finer feelings . Nor is this all ; were it possible for a babe to be born and to live at some ...
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... instincts ; or the cave - fish his power of vision . Wise use creates ; disuse or misuse destroys . Fossil history frequently illustrates stages of rudiment- ary organs lost entirely before birth . One whale that has no teeth has them ...
... instincts ; or the cave - fish his power of vision . Wise use creates ; disuse or misuse destroys . Fossil history frequently illustrates stages of rudiment- ary organs lost entirely before birth . One whale that has no teeth has them ...
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Our Heredity from God: Consisting of Lectures on Evolution Edward Payson Powell Полный просмотр - 1887 |
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Стр. 391 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
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. 143 - 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, While from Creation's radiant towers Its glory flames in Stars and Suns.