The past and present life of the globe, a sketch of the world's life-system1861 |
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... represented in South America by its congener the rhea ; the jaguar and puma of the New World represent the tiger and lion of the Old ; the camel of Arabia finds its analogue in the llama of Peru ; and similar functions are at once ...
... represented in South America by its congener the rhea ; the jaguar and puma of the New World represent the tiger and lion of the Old ; the camel of Arabia finds its analogue in the llama of Peru ; and similar functions are at once ...
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... represented by these groups and systems , we have at present no means of deter- mining ; but , gauging the past by the present rate of geolo- gical change , the amount must be immense , and we could no more form an idea of its aggregate ...
... represented by these groups and systems , we have at present no means of deter- mining ; but , gauging the past by the present rate of geolo- gical change , the amount must be immense , and we could no more form an idea of its aggregate ...
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... representing an indefinite amount of time , but em- bracing such stratified deposits as indicate a contempor- aneity of origin , and are characterised by a general simi- larity of organic remains . In this case , each stage repre- sents ...
... representing an indefinite amount of time , but em- bracing such stratified deposits as indicate a contempor- aneity of origin , and are characterised by a general simi- larity of organic remains . In this case , each stage repre- sents ...
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... represented in the triassic seas of Europe , only a few insignificant serpulæ and a single crustacean ( palinu- rus ) being all that have yet turned up to the palæontolo- gist ; thus leaving an almost unbridged gulf between the higher ...
... represented in the triassic seas of Europe , only a few insignificant serpulæ and a single crustacean ( palinu- rus ) being all that have yet turned up to the palæontolo- gist ; thus leaving an almost unbridged gulf between the higher ...
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... represented by lingula , terebratula , and spirifer ; the conchifera , or true bivalves , are vastly on the increase , and such forms as trigonia , mya , plagiostoma , avicula , and ostrea , throng the waters ; the gasteropods present ...
... represented by lingula , terebratula , and spirifer ; the conchifera , or true bivalves , are vastly on the increase , and such forms as trigonia , mya , plagiostoma , avicula , and ostrea , throng the waters ; the gasteropods present ...
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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...