The past and present life of the globe, a sketch of the world's life-system1861 |
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... evidence speaks of the hand that fabri- cated , the degree of intelligence that directed the fabrica- tion , and the purpose it was meant to subserve ; the other tells of the nature of the plant or animal to which it be- longed , the ...
... evidence speaks of the hand that fabri- cated , the degree of intelligence that directed the fabrica- tion , and the purpose it was meant to subserve ; the other tells of the nature of the plant or animal to which it be- longed , the ...
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... evidence , with that which now peoples the globe , we must glance at the conditions under which plants and animals at present exist , and know something of their nature and the functions they have to perform . We can only reason ...
... evidence , with that which now peoples the globe , we must glance at the conditions under which plants and animals at present exist , and know something of their nature and the functions they have to perform . We can only reason ...
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... a stem , the disposi- tion of a branch , or the structure of a fruit , affording such evidence to the paleontologist as the flint arrow - head , the bronze spear , and the primitive matchlock , afford to 34 THE PRESENT .
... a stem , the disposi- tion of a branch , or the structure of a fruit , affording such evidence to the paleontologist as the flint arrow - head , the bronze spear , and the primitive matchlock , afford to 34 THE PRESENT .
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... evidence of functions performed in bygone ages , and enable him , not only to reconstruct forms of harmonious , organs , but to assign to these organs the part they had to play in the great drama of vitality . In the performance of ...
... evidence of functions performed in bygone ages , and enable him , not only to reconstruct forms of harmonious , organs , but to assign to these organs the part they had to play in the great drama of vitality . In the performance of ...
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... evidence of the life that prevailed during the time of its formation . And the reason is obvious : as land and sea have often changed places the former at one time more insular , at another more continental ; now sitting low and moist ...
... evidence of the life that prevailed during the time of its formation . And the reason is obvious : as land and sea have often changed places the former at one time more insular , at another more continental ; now sitting low and moist ...
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abundance acrogens affinities America annelids appear areas aspects become birds bivalves botanist brachiopods cainozoic carboniferous cephalopods chalk character characterised climate club-mosses coal corals creation creatures CRETACEOUS crust crustaceans cycads deposits Devonian dicotyledonous earth's encrinites endogens eocene epoch equisetums estuaries Europe eurypterus evidence existing nature exogens external conditions extinct exuberant ferns fishes flora and fauna forest forms fossil fragments functions gasteropods genera and species genial geological geologists gigantic globe glyptodons growth gymnogens higher indicated latitudes limestones lower mammals marine marsupial mesozoic MOLLUSCA neozoic northern hemisphere numerous ocean Octavo old red sandstone oolite organic organisation palæontology paleontologist paleozoic palms peculiar period physical plants and animals pliocene present primal progress pterygotus races regions reptiles sauroid sea and land sea-urchins sea-weeds sediments shell-fish shores Silurian stage star-fishes strata structure terrestrial tertiary throng tion trace tree-ferns triassic trilobites true varied variety vegetable vertebrate vitality waters zoologist
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Стр. 211 - 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. 210 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so Complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Стр. 54 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze; Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the 'trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Стр. 210 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by Reproduction ; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...